Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Dawson ya ci gaba da zama kyaftin din a ranar 30 ga Yuni, 1969. Ya kasance Daraktan Ayyukan Sojojin Ruwa (DNO) a hedkwatar Sojojin Ruwa (NHQ) a lokacin Yaƙin Indo-Pakistan na 1971. Wasu daga cikin shahararrun nasarorin da Sojojin ruwan Indiya suka samu, ciki har da Operation Trident
, An aiwatar da aikin Python da toshewar jiragen ruwa na Gabashin Pakistan a lokacin da yake DNO. An ba Dawson lambar Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM) don ayyukansa da jagoranci yayin rikici.