Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Rawlley gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Mahadum ndị agha India na 1941 ma nye ya ọrụ na 9th Battalion nke 12th Frontier Force Regiment na 15 May. N'afọ 1943, battalion ahụ kwagara Burma ma hụ ihe na-eme na Burma Campaign. E nyere ya ihe nrite Military Cross n'oge agha nke Kohima
Ọ dị mma. Ọ bụ ya duziri ndị agha ya n'oge agha Imphal. Mgbe ahụ ọ gara ụlọ akwụkwọ Staff College, Quetta na 1945. Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ otu afọ, e zigara ya na Ngalaba ndị agha nke 25. Dịka akụkụ nke Operation Zipper, a họpụtara nkewa ahụ maka mwakpo nke British Malaya na ọrụ amphibious. Ọ bụ ezie na ọgụ ahụ kwụsịrị, ọrụ ahụ gara n'ihu dị ka atụmatụ ahụ si dị na Ngalaba 25 bụ nke mbụ na-ebute ala na Malaya, na-ewere isi obodo, Kuala Lumpur, wee nabata ịhapụ ndị agha Japan. A kpọtụrụ Rawlley aha n'ozi maka ọrụ dị iche iche na British Malaya.