Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1921, Anderson akabatanidzwa ku2nd Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners uye akaona basa rinoshanda mu
Kumukira kweMalabar. Musi wa2 Chikumi 1923 akaitwa Nhengo yeOrder yeBritish Empire nekuda kwemabasa ake panguva yekunetsana. Anderson akaramba ari muIndia, uye kubva muna 1934 kusvika muna 1937 akanga ari Mutevedzeri Wemubatsiri Adjutant General weIndia. Pakati pa1937 na1939 akanga ari Mutungamiri Mukuru, Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners. Munguva yeHondo Yenyika Yechipiri, Anderson akadzokera kuUnited Kingdom kwaakagadzwa seMubatsiri Quarter-Master General (AQMG), Home Forces muna 1940 uye Colonel anotarisira Administration, Home Forces kusvika muna 1942. Akazoshanda kuWar Office, asati ashanda seMutevedzeri weQuarter-Master General (DQMG), British Army Staff muWashington, D.C.. Muna Ndira 1945 akaiswa seShamwari yeOrder yeBhati. Kubva muna August 1944 kusvika muna April 1947, Anderson aiva Mutungamiriri weZviitiko zveVanhu paHurumende yeHondo uye akasiya basa aine chinzvimbo chemajor-general muna June 1949. Akapiwa Legion of Merit neUnited States musi wa 16 Ndira 1947.