Nekubuda kweHondo Yenyika II, akabatana neCeylon Light Infantry uye akagadzwa saMutevedzeri wechipiri muna 1940 nekuwedzera kwenguva yehondo yehurumende mukati meCeylon Defence Force. Pashure pacho, akashanda mu1st, 3rd uye 4th Battalions yeCeylon Light Infantry uye akaita makosi akati wandei evarwi muCeylon neIndia. Akakwidziridzwa pachinzvimbo chenguva pfupi chaKaputeni musi wa 1 Ndira 1943. MunaNovember 1943, akaendeswa kuBritish 14th Army achishanda muBurma Campaign achiendeswa neBritish Army. Ikoko akashanda ne7th Battalion, 2nd Punjab Regiment yaive pasi pe7th Indian Infantry Division muArakan, kumabvazuva kweMayu Range. Mukati mokurwisa kweArakan
, akabatwa navaJapan ndokuchengetwa mumusasa wevasungwa vehondo kutozosvikira pakuguma kwehondo muna 1945. Pashure pehondo, akabudiswa muchiuto ndokudzokera kubasa somudzidzisi wechikoro.