 He accepted an offer to tour Australia with Margaret Rawlings; on the way his ship caught fire in the Red Sea and he spent six days on an island before being rescued.In Australia he performed "Barretts" among others.His other stage appearances included "The Late Christopher Bean" (1933), "Flowers of the Forest" (1934), "Coincidence" (1935) and "The Ascent of F6" (1936).