I te taenga mai o te kawanatanga o Belgium i te whakaraunga me te hanganga whaimana o nga Free Belgian Forces, ka noho ia hei Kaihautū Matua me te whakahaere i te whakahaere o te 1st Belgian Infantry Brigade, he waahanga i whawhai i muri mai i te pakanga i te raki-hauauru o Uropi
He aha? I te tau 1941 ka riro ia hei Kaiwhakahaere-Tianara mo nga ope whenua o Belgian i Great Britain.