Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tohua a Pakenham hei ensign 40th Regiment of Foot i te 23 o Hōngongoi 1803, ka riro hei kaitiaki i te 3 o Hui-tanguru 1804, i whakawhitihia ki te 95 o nga pu (i muri mai ko te Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)) i te Paenga-whāwhā o taua tau, a ka whiwhi i tana kamupene i reira i te 2 o Akuhata 1805. I mahi ia i te haerenga ki Copenhagen me Portugal, i reira i te wa o te
Te Pakanga o Roliça, i whara noa ia i Obidos 16-17 Akuhata 1808. "Ko ia tonu tetahi o nga rangatira pai o nga kaipatu i kite ahau", i tuhituhi a Sir Arthur Wellesley, e taunaki ana ia mo te whakatairanga.