 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akazvarwa muVictoria ane mavambo echiGerman, Scherger akapedza kudzidza paRoyal Military College, Duntroon, asati aendeswa kuAir Force muna 1925. Aionekwa somumwe wevatyairi vepamusoro pakati pehondo, achishanda semutyairi wendege yehondo, mutyairi wendege wekuedza, uye murayiridzi wekubhururuka. Akabata mabasa makuru ekudzidzisa mukupera kwema1930 uye makore ekutanga eHondo Yenyika II, achiwana Air Force Cross munaJune 1940. Akakwidziridzwa kuva kaputeni weboka, Scherger akanga achishanda somutungamiriri weNorth-Western Area apo Darwin yakatambura kurwiswa kwayo kwokutanga kwemhepo muna February 1942. Akarumbidzwa nokuda kwezviito zvake mushure mekurwiswa, akaenderera mberi achitungamirira RAAF huru yekurova simba muSouth West Pacific, No. 10 Operational Group yakazotevera Australian First Tactical Air Force, uye akapihwa Distinguished Service Order munaGunyana 1944 nekuda kwezviito zvake panguva yekurwiswa kweAitape neNoemfoor kuWestern New Guinea. 