[2] In 1895 he volunteered for the ill-fated Jameson Raid, and was taken prisoner, keeping a journal during his captivity.
[3] In 1908 Garraway was appointed Military Secretary to Lord Selborne, High Commissioner for Southern Africa, though he never served in the regular army.
[3] Garraway continued as Military Secretary when Lord Gladstone was appointed Governor-General of South Africa in 1910.
[3] In 1914 he was appointed special commissioner on the Southern Rhodesian Native Reserves Commission, representing the British government.
[3] A popular man, Garraway's obituary described him as "a charming, witty Irishman, who in all his travels never lost his delightful brogue".