After training at the reputedly tough Officer Cadet Training Unit at Dunbar, he was commissioned in the Cameron Highlanders in 1941, and in that year he saw action with the Middle East Commando in Ethiopia and won the Military Cross and the Ethiopian Lion of Judah.
He was commissioned in the Cameron Highlanders in 1941. He was commissioned in in that year he saw action with the Middle East Commando in Ethiopia and won the Military Cross and the Ethiopian Lion of Judah. He was training at the reputedly tough Officer Cadet Training Unit at Dunbar.