 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukumhara paGallipoli pana April 25, 1915, Denton akakuvadzwa mugumbo. Akaramba ari pabasa kwechinguva asati abviswa, panguva iyo akabatsira kuronga kutapurirana kwemashoko pakati pezvombo zvepfuti zvepanyika uye kutsigirwa kwegungwa. Denton akataura nezvake mumashoko ezviito zvake, uye gare gare mugore rakapiwa Distinguished Service Order DSO, achiva mukuru wekutanga we3rd Brigade kugamuchira rukudzo irworwo. Akaiswa muchipatara kuMalta kubva muna Chikunguru 1915 kusvika muna Ndira 1916, paakazobatanazve ne11th Battalion semutevedzeri wayo. Pashure pokudzidziswa muEgypt, boka racho rakaendeswa kuWestern Front, kusvika muFrance muna April 1916. Yakanga yapinda muHondo yePozières. 