He had previously worked in the NZR Hillside Workshops, and in World War II served in the Royal New Zealand Navy in the Atlantic and Pacific, commanding minesweeper HMS Deodar and antisubmarine vessel HMNZS Moa.
Anika Moa | Moa | Pío Moa | Taniela Moa | MOA Museum of Art | Moa Lignell | HMNZS ''Tui'' | HMNZS Tui | HMNZS Tarapunga | HMNZS Rotoiti | HMNZS ''Resolution'' | HMNZS ''Pukaki'' | HMNZS Pukaki | HMNZS Otago (F111) | HMNZS Otago | HMNZS Monowai | HMNZS Moa | HMNZS ''Leander'' | HMNZS Leander | HMNZS Hinau | HMNZS Endeavour (1956) | HMNZS ''Canterbury'' |