Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Na Septemba afọ 1954, e buliri Pollard n'ọkwa onye isi ndị agha nwa oge ma họpụta ya ka ọ bụrụ onye isi ndị agha na onye agha nke atọ nke Kọmitii Ndị Agha. Mgbe ọ dị afọ iri ise na abụọ, ọ bụ ya bụ onye kasị bụrụ nwata n'ime ndị so na Kọmitii Alaka. E mere ka ọ bụrụ onye isi ndị ọchịagha na Disemba 1954. Nnyocha ọnọdụ maka ndị agha Australia e zigara na Malaya
na December 1955, e hotara Pollard ka ọ na-ekwu na e nwere "otu ma ọ bụ abụọ" nke mkpesa ndị dị oké njọ ma na ọ "tụrụ ya n'anya otú ha si dị ole na ole, na-eburu n'uche na onye agha nkịtị na-eme mkpesa n'ụzọ dị ukwuu mgbe nile". N'ọnwa Ọgọstụ 1957, e buliri ya n'ọkwa lieutenant general ma nọchie Eric Woodward dịka General Officer Commanding Eastern Command, mgbe a họpụtara Woodward dịka Gọvanọ nke New South Wales. Ebe isi ya dị na Sydney, Eastern Command kpuchiri steeti New South Wales ma bụrụkwa isi ụlọ ọrụ dị elu maka Ngalaba nke Abụọ (CMF). A họpụtara Pollard onye isi nke Order nke British Empire na Queen's Birthday Honours nke ekwuputara na 9 June 1955, na Companion nke Order nke Bath na Birthday Honours nke ekwuputara na 13 June 1959.