[1] A London College of Music graduate, he was particularly noted for his restoration of Wurlitzer theatre organs, such as at Harrow, Tooting and Woking.
[5] In 1959, his parents installed the UK's first residence organ in the purpose built family home, named Wurlitzer Lodge, on Doncaster Drive in Northolt.
[6] The installation of the Wurlitzer organ, which originated from the Granada Theatre Wandsworth, was complete on 30 October 1960, when an opening concert took place.
At Aldershot, Rawle focused on clerical and musical duties, including playing at the battalion churches and passing out parades.
[5] After demobilisation, having returned to his work at the London and Lancashire Insurance Company, Rawle played at the Saturday Children's Matinee at the Ritz, Richmond, at the Commodore Cinema, Hammersmith and the Regal Kingston.
[4] In 1971, Rawle attended the Annual Music Trade Fair in London, and took an interest in the Yamaha stand, where he was approached by a representative of Kemble Pianos.
In April 2007, Rawle, along with Doreen Chadwick and Kevin Morgan, gave the reopening concert to an audience of over one thousand.
Rawle and his father founded the London and South of England Chapter of The American Theatre Organ Society.
[15] The family settled in Berry Lane, Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, where Rawle built his own house, Tonawanda, and installed a 4-manual, 20-rank Wurlitzer organ, previously at the Empire, Leicester Square.