<prompt> Lapho kugqashuka iMpi Yezwe II, uWhiteley wavolontiya eRoyal Air Force. Nokho, bamenqaba bebhekisela emehlweni akhe abuthaka. Wabe esefaka isicelo sokujoyina iRoyal Marines, eyamamukela, futhi waqala ukuqeqeshwa njengesikhulu. Wathunyelwa njengesikhulu sesibili esivivinywayo ngoJanuwari 1, 1940. Ngomhlaka 20 Mashi 1942, ikhomishini yakhe yaqinisekiswa futhi wanikezwa isikhundla sika-lieutenant ngobudala kusukela ngomhlaka 14 Juni 1941. Phakathi nempi, wakhonza emkhunjini, umkhumbi wempi, nasemkhunjini, umkhumbi wokulwa omncane. Phakathi nengxenye yokugcina yempi, wakhonza neBritish Pacific Fleet eyayilwa namaJapane. Wayengasho ukuthi wadutshulwa ezinye zezibhamu zokugcina zempi: ngo-15 Agasti 1945, ngesikhathi kuhlaselwa indiza yaseJapane emkhunjini wakhe, wayezama ukuyidubula lapho izindaba zokunqanyulwa komlilo neJapane  <response>: wathola. 