Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Rawlley gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Indian Military Academy na 1941 a họpụtara ya 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 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.