When he started he was on 5/- (5 shillings) per day. As he progressed through his training he rose to the dizzy heights of 6s/6d a day. The Australian soldier wages amongst the highest paid for their time.

Ted transferred to the RAAF on the 6/7.10.42 and joined the Number 4 Initial Training School Victor Harbour Flight 3 B Squadron Course 36.

He qualified as an Air Gunner 11/11/43 and was taken across USA and thence to England where he was posted to 463 Squadron.

He joined the crew of F/O Cook. K.A. (click for records) as a Mid Upper Gunner and completed 15 trips over the enemy territory. After F/O Cook. K.A. was posted to No 9 Squadron, Ted joined the crew of F/O Leonard R.A. (click for records) as Mid Upper Gunner. His total trips with this crew were 4 before he was shot down over Mersburg Leurna. All the crew on this mission were POW until release at the end of the war. Ted has spoken of the hit by the Radar Controlled Flak and claims that "Since the Aircraft was hit in the Bomb Bay with a full load of bombs (they had not yet made their run and they were flying decoy for the Path Finders), every day alive since then has been a bonus".

The WA News paper of the day reports that "Bomber Command sent out 1100 planes to attack the Leuna synthetic plants and which was ringed by half as many guns as Berlin, the King of Targets. See Clipping opposite.

Ted, as a prisoner of war survived the internment with the help of trading with the Russian POW's and to that end his Dulag Luft record was preserved and presented to him by one of the Russian Prisoners.