 His first land post was with the Sea Fencibles, a naval militia (disbanded February 1810).He was appointed to command the La Moye signal station in Saint Brélade parish (Island of Jersey), where he died 1 March 1812.In 1811, Oke embarked for Burin in the British Colony of Newfoundland to work for the English company Spurrier, Jolliffe and Spurrier.