 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Akagadzwa kuva Mutevedzeri Wemunyori Wemauto weIndia kubva musi wa 21 December 1939 kusvika musi wa 17 August 1940. Kubva musi wa18 Nyamavhuvhu 1940 kusvika musi wa13 Ndira 1942 akatungamira 8th Indian Infantry Brigade muMalaya. Boka raKey ndiro raiva uto rokutanga reBritain kutarisana navaJapan pavakapinda muMalaya muna December 1941. Apo Major General David Murray-Lyon akabviswa pakuva mutungamiri we11th Indian Division Key akatsiva Brigadier Archibald Paris semutungamiri weboka. Akaratidza kuva mutungamiriri anokwanisa asi mamiriro ezvinhu muMalayaPanguva ino yakanga isingachagoni kuponeswa uye Hondo yeBritain yakazvipira kuSingapore musi wa 15 Kukadzi 1942 kuuto reJapan raiva duku. Key akapedza nguva yasara yehondo ari musungwa wehondo muJapan. 