Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, he rangatira moana ia i te RIN i te taha o Ingarangi Nui, ā, i kite ia i ngā mahi i te pakanga o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa ki te Kriegsmarine Tiamana. I tana hokinga mai ki Ingarangi, i uru ia ki te pakanga o Arakan
i te tau 1942-1943, ā, i muri mai ka mahi pai ki te taiwhanga Mediterranean i te tau 1944-1945. Ko ana mahi toa i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te Tohu Tohu Tohu Maatauranga na te United Kingdom i muri i te mutunga o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao i te 1945.