 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akaberekerwa muKortrijk, Flanders, uye akarwa muuto reBelgian pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika I, ne1st Regiment yeGrenadiers. Akakuvadzwa zvakakomba mukurwira Tervaete mukati meHondo yeYsermuna October 1914. Paakabudiswa muchiuto muna 1917, akatamira kuBritain, achishanda neTarrant Company, uye ipapo Martinsyde, asati azova mugadziri mukuru paFairey Aviation. 