He later joined the military, and eventually rose to the rank of Commander-in-Chief of the nascent Somali National Army (Ciidamada Xoogga Dalka Soomaaliyeed), the first position of its kind.
Several primary and secondary schools in addition to a main street in Mogadishu, the nation's capital, are named after him.
Hirsi helped develop Somalia into a stable country and that also led to praise by then president Aden Abdullah Osman.
On his return in 1954 he was promoted to lieutenant in the police force, contributing greatly to the development of the Somali military.
Aden Adde the President of Somalia at the time, upon hearing the loss of General daud, said “The Somali Military, today lost its father”.