<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Lapho kugqashuka iMpi Yezwe II, uMcKinnon wayeseNgilandi eqeqeshelwa ukuba isosha. Wajoyina i-Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force futhi wakhonza ne-3rd New Zealand Division ngesikhathi se  <response>: umkhankaso eSolomon Islands. Ekuqaleni wayengumlawuli we-28th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment kodwa lapho iyunithi yakhe ihlakazwa ngoJulayi 1942 wathatha i-29th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment. Ngebutho lakhe, wafika eTreasury naseGreen Islands. Lapho isigaba sidedelwa ngo-1944, wabuyela eNgilandi ukuyofunda eCamberley Staff College. Ngemuva kokuphothula izifundo zakhe, wajoyina i-2nd New Zealand Division, ngaleso sikhathi eyayilwa e-Italy ne-Eighth Army, kanye namanye amaphoyisa e-artillery ayesebenze ePacific. Lapho efika e-Italy ngoFebhuwari 1945, wayengumholi wesibili we-4th Field Regiment bese kuba yi-6th Field Regiment. 