 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Akasimudzirwa kuva Sub-Lieutenant musi wa 9 Ndira 1899, akagadzwa kuve kaputeni wechikepe chehondo A muna 1900, uye akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant musi wa 15 Mbudzi 1902. Muna 1908-09 akanga achishingaira muMasedhonia Kurwira, somutungamiriri DramaKavala nharaunda. Akatora chikamu muGoudi coup muna Nyamavhuvhu 1909, asi akakurumidza kusawirirana nehutungamiriri hwakadzikama ndokutanga hurongwa hwake hwakakundikana musi wa16 Gumiguru 1909, umo Light Squadron yevanoparadza, pasi pekutungamira kwake, yakatarisana neBattleship Squadron uye nechisimba yakaramba kupinda muSalamis Naval Base. Chiito chokubvuta hurumende chakakundikana, asi Typaldos nevatsigiri vake vakanzwirwa ngoni muna January 1910. Musi wa 26 Kurume 1910 akasimudzirwa kuva Lieutenant First Class, uye kuva Lt. Commander musi wa 17 Chikunguru wegore rimwe chetero. Mukati meHondo yeBalkan yokutanga akatungamirira muparadzi, naye akapinda muHondo yeLemnosuye mabasa okutora Lesbos neSamos. Mukutanga kwaJune 1913, akapiwa kutungamira kweiyo ichangobva kuumbwa 29th Naval Regiment, yakaumbwa nevashandi vechikepe, iyo yaakatungamira muHondo yechipiri yeBalkan kurwisa Bulgaria vachirwira munzvimbo yeStrumica, uye ndokuzotungamira kutora kwechinguva kweWestern Thrace. Mukati mehondo, akasimudzirwa kuva mutungamiri, musi wa 1 Chikunguru 1913. 