Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I uru a Corbet ki te ope taua o Ingarangi i te tau 1745. I te tau 1748 he Ensign ia i te 7th Regiment of Foot, a, i te timatanga o te Pakanga e whitu nga Tau, kua eke ia ki te rangatira, i rere atu ia me tana rerenga mai i Ireland ki te awhina i te whakapae o Fort St Philip (1756)
i Menorca. I rahua te awhina a ka neke tana rerenga ki Gibraltar i mahi ai ia kia tae ra ano ki te mate kino i whakahoki ai ia ki Ingarangi.