Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Na 24 Febụwarị 1955, Dowling nọchiri osote Admiral Sir John Collins dị ka Onye Isi Ndị Agha Mmiri Mbụ, Kọmitii Ndị Agha Mmiri Commonwealth nke Australia, na Onye isi ndị ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri (CNS). A buliri ya n'ọkwa osote onye isi n'ụgbọ mmiri na 7 June, ma họpụta ya ka ọ bụrụ Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) na Queen's Birthday Honours ụbọchị abụọ ka nke ahụ gasịrị. N'ụbọchị iri na ise nke ọnwa Juun, o sonyeere ndị isi ndị ọrụ ibe ya bụ Lieutenant General Henry Wells na Air Marshal John McCauley, Praịm Mịnịsta Robert Menzies, na ndị otu gọọmentị ndị ọzọ dị elu n'ịkwado ụkpụrụ nduzi maka ọrụ nke Far East Strategic Reserve (FESR); nke a mere ka ndị agha Commonwealth dị maka ọgụ megide ndị nnupụisi Kọmunist na Malaya.
, nakwa maka nchekwa nke Malaya na Singapore megide mwakpo ndị mba ọzọ. Ntinye aka nke ndị agha mmiri na FESR ga-abụ ma ọ dịkarịa ala abụọ na-ebibi ma ọ bụ frigates na-aga n'ihu, yana nleta kwa afọ site na ụgbọelu ụgbọelu. Ndị na-ebibi ihe na, ndị nọworị na mpaghara ahụ na mmega ahụ, na-etinye aka ozugbo, Dowling wee gaa Singapore iji kwupụta atụmatụ ahụ na ihe kpatara ya na ndị ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri ahụ.