 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akadzidza paWeymouth College, uye akapedza kudzidza paRoyal Military College, Sandhurst, wechi9 pavadzidzi 1.100. Akabatana ne2nd Battalion, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry semutevedzeri wechipiri musi wa13 Nyamavhuvhu 1892, apo yaive yakamira muBombay. Akakwidziridzwa kuva lieutenant musi wa7 Ndira 1894, akatanga kuona chiito muIndia muTirah expedition kubva muna 1897 kusvika muna 1898, iyo yaakapihwa menduru uye clasp yeTirah Expedition. Akakwidziridzwa kuva kaputeni musi wa 26 Chikunguru 1899, uye nebato rake rakaendeswa kuSouth Africa zvichitevera kutanga kweHondo yechipiri yeBoer muna Gumiguru gore iro. Bhatani racho rakatora rutivi muhondo dzeBelmontuye Enslin muna November 1899, uko Yate akakuvadzwa zvakakomba. Pashure pokunge hondo yapera muna June 1902, akatamisirwa nebato racho kuMalta, achibva kuPoint Natal paSS Staffordshire muna October. 