Or it could be a habit, left over from his army career.
He went to England in 1933 to pursue an army career.
In his earlier Army medical career, he had varied duties.
But even for a second lieutenant, this was the kiss of death to an army career.
The accident brought to an end a promising army career which began in December 1986 when he was 17.
Little is known about his early life until 1855, when he started his army career.
He followed his father's footsteps, and pursued a professional Army career.
To hear his family tell the story, he knew since about then that he wanted an Army career.
There are different ways to end an Army career.
On the other, resistance by many parents to Army careers for their children in wartime.