In 1908 he settled in Rangoon with his family, resigned from the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company and founded Rushall & Co. Ltd., a stevedoring and contracting business that employed between 3,000 and 4,000 men.

In December 1922 Rushall was elected as an Honorary Magistrate, and was subsequently made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his distinguished service during the First World War.

During his time as mayor, he sought to improve the accommodation and quality of care in the city hospital and to ensure that a fair share of stevedoring jobs in Rangoon were allotted to native dock labourers.

During the Second World War Rushall evacuated to Bombay; he died at the age of 87 in Rangoon, where he was commended by Kyaw Tha for his work and character as mayor.

[3] After finishing school as a young man, Rushall left for sea and joined the Merchant Navy; he served as third officer on one of the British-India Steam Navigation Company's coasting steamers.

[2] Whilst there, he resigned from the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company and, in 1906, founded Rushall & Co. Ltd., a stevedoring and contracting business located at 121 Judah Ezekiel Street (now Thein Phyu Road[8]) next to the docks of the city.

Also in 1930, Rushall gave a banquet for which he commissioned the Burmese painter Ba Nyan to make individual paintings for each of the 80 guests' menu cards.

[24] In November, Rushall supported a resolution to improve the accommodation and quality of care in the city hospital,[25] and the following year, he sat on a committee to ensure that a fair share of stevedoring jobs in Rangoon were allotted to native dock labourers.

[2] Upon his death, Kyaw Tha—chairman of the Commissioners of the Port of Rangoon[28]—commended him as a "born gentleman", and praised his work at the city's hospital and his "kindliness and infectious friendliness".