 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nokukurumidza pashure pokupedza kufunda, mukupera kwa1914, Kohn akadanwa kupinda muuto ravarwi veAustria-Hungary. Pashure pokudzidziswa akatumirwa kuEastern Front muCarpathian Mountains, achitarisana neImperial Russian Army. Akabatwa muna 1915 ndokuendeswa nevaRussia kumusasa wevasungwa muCentral Asia muTurkmenistan yemazuva ano. Mukati mehondo yavagari vemo yakatevera chimurenga cheBolshevik, mauto echiCzechoslovak aifarira kumadokero akauya muCentral Asia uye akasunungurwa. Navo akafamba mberi kumabvazuva anodanwa navaCzechs kuti Siberian Anabasis, kusvikira vamira paIrkutsk. Mugariro wezvamatongerwe enyika ipapo wakamutendera kudzokera kuEurope, achisvika muna 1920. 