Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te marama o Mahuru 1954, i whakatairangahia a Pollard ki te rangatira rangatira ā-wā, ā, i whakaritea hei Kaiwhakahaere Matua me te mema hōia tuatoru o te Poari Hāmoa. I te rima tekau ma rua, ko ia te mema taitamariki o te Poari. Ko tana whakatairanga ki te rangatira nui i hangaia i te marama o Tihema 1954. Te tirotiro i ngā āhuatanga mō ngā hōia o Ahitereiria i tohaina ki Malaya
I te marama o Tihema 1955, i whakahuahia a Pollard e mea ana i reira "tetahi, e rua" nga amuamu nui engari i miharo ia ki te iti o nga mea, i te whakaaro ko te hoia toharite e amuamu ana i nga wa katoa". I te marama o Akuhata 1957, i whakatairangahia ia hei rangatira rangatira, a ka whai i a Eric Woodward hei Kaiwhakahaere Matua mo te Tumuaki o te Rawhiti, i te wa i whakatuhia ai a Woodward hei Kawana o New South Wales. Ko te tari matua i Sydney, ko te Eastern Command i hipoki i te kawanatanga o New South Wales me te tari matua mo te 2nd Division (CMF). I tohua a Pollard hei Kaihautū o te Whakataunga o te Emepaea o Ingarangi i roto i nga Whakahonore o te Ra whanau o te Kuini i whakaputaina i te 9 o Hune 1955, me te Kaihauturu o te Whakataunga o te Rapu i roto i nga Whakahonore o te Ra whanau i whakaputaina i te 13 o Hune 1959.