Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te pakarutanga o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, ka uru atu ia ki te Ceylon Light Infantry, ā, i whakawhiwhia ki te tūranga o te Tumuaki Tuarua i te tau 1940 me te whakawhānui o te ope taua i roto i te Ceylon Defence Force. I muri mai, i mahi ia i roto i te 1st, 3rd me te 4th Battalions o te Ceylon Light Infantry me te mahi i etahi akoranga hiko i Ceylon me India. I whakatairangahia ia ki te taumata o te Kapene i te 1 o Hanuere 1943. I te marama o Noema 1943, i whakawhitihia ia ki te 14 o nga ope taua o Ingarangi e mahi ana i te pakanga o Burma i runga i te tohatoha me te ope taua o Ingarangi. I mahi ia ki te 7th Battalion, 2nd Punjab Regiment i raro i te 7th Indian Infantry Division i Arakan, i te taha rawhiti o Mayu Range. I te pakanga o Arakan
I hopukina ia e nga Hapanihi, a, i puritia ki te puni POW tae noa ki te mutunga o te pakanga i te tau 1945. Whai muri i te pakanga, ka tukuna ia ki te mahi hei kaiako kura.