Posted to Burma in September 1944 he was appointed second in command of the 9th battalion, 12th Frontier Force Regiment, part of 80th Indian Infantry Brigade commanded by Brigadier Stuart Greeves. The brigade was part of Major General Douglas David Gracey's 20th Indian Division. After two previous battalion commanders were wounded, in February 1945 he was promoted to battalion commander and later decorated with the Military Cross for gallantry. In addition, he was mentioned in dispatches again in the London Gazette twice more: 27 September 1945 and 9 May 1946.