Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Aibva kuBarrow upon Humber muNorth Lincolnshire, uye mwanakomana wemwenjiniya, Malim akabatana neRoyal Navy semudzidzi paakasiya Weymouth College muna 1936. Muna 1941 akatumirwa kulight cruiser muScapa Flow uye akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant muna Chikunguru wegore iroro. Musi wa13 Nyamavhuvhu 1942, "Manchester" yakaputitswa nemabhoti maviri eItaly Navy MS-ngarava pavaive chikamu chechitima kuenda kuMalta panguva yeHondo yeMediterranean, uye ngarava yacho yakakuvadzwa zvakanyanya zvekuti Kaputeni wayo akasarudza kuinyudza. Achipinda munyika yakaoma, Malim akazviwana ari pamhenderekedzo yeAlgeria, uko akasungwa nemauto eVichy France ndokuiswa mujeri kuLaghouat. Akasunungurwa muna November, nemhaka ye
Allied invasion yeFrench North Africa, uye mavhiki mashomanene gare gare akabatana neheavy cruiser muNorth Atlantic. Akazoendeswa kuRoyal Naval College, Greenwich, kubva muna 1943 kusvika muna 1945.