Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Rawlley ya kammala karatu daga Kwalejin Sojojin Indiya kuma a 1941 an ba shi izini a cikin Battalion na 9 na 12th Frontier Force Regiment a ranar 15 ga Mayu. A cikin 1943, rukunin ya koma Burma kuma ya ga aikin a cikin Burma Campaign. An ba shi lambar yabo ta Soja a lokacin yakin Kohima
Ka yi haƙuri. Ya umurci rundunarsa a lokacin yakin Imphal. Daga nan sai ya halarci Kwalejin Ma'aikata, Quetta a shekarar 1945. Bayan kwasa-kwasan ma'aikata na tsawon shekara guda, an tura shi zuwa Rukunin Sojoji na 25. A matsayin wani ɓangare na Operation Zipper, an zaɓi rukunin don mamaye British Malaya a matsayin rawar amphibious. Kodayake tashin hankali ya tsaya, aikin ya ci gaba kamar yadda aka tsara kuma Rundunar ta 25 ita ce ta farko da za ta sauka a Malaya, ta mamaye babban birnin kasar, Kuala Lumpur, sannan ta yarda da mika wuya ga sojojin Japan. An ambaci Rawlley a cikin sakonni don fitaccen sabis a Malaya ta Burtaniya.