Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakatairangahia a Dawson ki te rangatira rangatira i te 30 o Pipiri 1969. Ko ia te Kaiwhakahaere mo nga Mahi Moana (DNO) i te Tumuaki Moana (NHQ) i te Pakanga Indo-Pakistani o 1971. Ko ētahi o ngā angitu whakahaere rongonui o te Indian Navy, tae atu ki
Operation Trident, Operation Python me te aukati moana o East Pakistan i tutuki i te wa o tana mahi hei DNO. I whakawhiwhia a Dawson ki te Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM) mo ana ratonga me tana kaiarahi i te pakanga.