Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I te marama o Whiringa-ā-rangi 1943 i riro ia i te mana o te 2nd Mountain Division. I mahi tēnei i runga i te Arctic me te Western
i nga rārangi, i whara kino ai a Degen, ka mutu i te wehenga i te Hui-tanguru 1945. I te Poutu-te-rangi 1945 i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te Cross Knight o te Iron Cross mo tana whakahau i te wehenga.