 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Shout akaberekerwa muWellington, uye akanga ashanda muHondo yechipiri yeBoer achiri kuyaruka. Akasimuka kuva musoja mukuru uye akanongedzerwa mumashoko okununura murume akakuvadzwa asati abudiswa muchiuto muna 1902. Akaramba ari muSouth Africa kwemakore mashanu akatevera, achishanda semupfuri muCape Colonial Forces kubva muna 1903. Nomudzimai wake akaberekerwa muAustralia nomwanasikana wavo, Shout vakatamira kuSydney muna 1907. Mhuri yakagara muDarlington, uko Shout akashanda kuReschs Brewery semupfuri uye muvezi. Akanga achishandawo muCitizens Forces yenguva isina kuzara, achipihwa basa nguva pfupi Hondo Yenyika Yekutanga isati yatanga. Muna August 1914, akabatana neAustralia Imperial Force AIF nokuda kwebasa rinoshanda kune dzimwe nyika uye akagadzwa kuva lieutenant mu1st Battalion. Pashure pokurovedzwa muEgypt, akabatanidzwa mukumhara kweAnzac paGallipolimusi wa25 April 1915. Nokuda kwokutungamirira kwake mukati mokupinda uye pashure chaipo, Shout akapiwa Military Cross uye akazotaurwa mumashoko. Mipiro mitatu yaShout yokushinga paGallipoli yakamuita nhengo yakashongedzwa zvikuru yeAIF nokuda kwehondo yacho. 