Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I te tau 1940, i noho a Gaynes ki Parani, engari i muri i te Pakanga o Parani me te mahi a Tiamana, ka mawhiti ia ki nga Pyrenees, engari kaore i roa ka mauheretia e nga pirihimana a Francoist Spain. I te 1942, i muri i tana tukunga, i whakaaro a Gaynes ki te hoki ki Netherlands ki te whakauru atu ki te whakaeke a Dutch ki te mahi Nazi, engari i haere ia ki te United Kingdom ki te whakauru ki te Royal Dutch Navy. I te Paenga-whāwhā 8, 1943, i whakauruhia a Gaynes hei kaipuke kaipuke me te tohaina ki te kaipuke awhina, i tu ki Holyhead i Wales. Na te maha o ona reo (i korero ia i te Dutch, Ingarihi, French, Itariana, me te Ruhia), i tukuna ia i te Mei 1, 1943, ki te Royal Navy hei kaiwhakamaori i tukuna ki te kaikawe kaipuke i runga i te Commodore, i uru atu i te Hurae me Akuhata 1943 ki Operation Husky
te whakaekenga a te Rōpū Whakakotahitanga ki Hiti. I te Mahuru 1, 1943, i tukuna a Gaynes ki te kaipuke whakangaromanga, i uru atu i te marama o Hanuere 1944 ki te Pakanga o Anzio. I te Hanuere 1, 1944, i whakatairangahia ia ki te kaitiaki (kaitiaki, 1st akomanga). Whai muri i te Pakanga o Anzio, i tukuna a HMS "Wilton" ki te Moana Adriatic ka haere tonu ki te kite i nga mahi i te pakanga o Adriatic. I te Hurae 14, 1946, i tukuna a Gaynes mai i te Royal Dutch Navy.