Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I waenga i te 1921 me te 1924, me te taumata o te Lieutenant Commander, ko ia te rangatira o nga kaipuke torpedo, a i te 1927-1928 i whakahau ia i te kaipuke whakangaromanga "Giovanni Nicotera"; i te 1933-1934, i muri i tana whakatairanga ki te Kaiwhakahaere, i whakahau ia i te kaipuke whakangaromanga "Giovanni da Verrazzano". Katahi ka whakatairangahia ia ki te Kapene, ka tohua i te tau 1937-1938 hei rangatira moana i Itari i Awherika ki te Rawhiti, me te tari matua i Massawa, a i te tau 1939 i uru ia ki te
te wikitoria o Albania, i whiwhi i te War Cross mo te Toa Toa mo tana mahi ki te hopu i a Durres.