Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A watan Satumbar 1954, Pollard ya ci gaba da zama babban janar na wucin gadi kuma an nada shi Janar Janar da kuma Kwamitin Soja na Uku. A shekara hamsin da biyu, shi ne ƙarami a cikin Kwamitin. An gabatar da shi zuwa babban janar a watan Disamba na 1954. Binciken yanayin sojojin Australiya da aka tura zuwa Malaya
a cikin Disamba 1955, an nakalto Pollard yana cewa akwai "ɗaya ko biyu" manyan gunaguni amma cewa ya yi mamakin yadda ba su da yawa, la'akari da cewa talakawan soja suna gunaguni sosai a kowane lokaci. A watan Agusta 1957, an daukaka shi zuwa laftanan janar kuma ya gaji Eric Woodward a matsayin Janar Jami'in Kwamandan Gabas, bayan nadin Woodward a matsayin Gwamnan New South Wales. Cibiyar a Sydney, Eastern Command ta rufe jihar New South Wales kuma ita ce babban hedkwatar 2nd Division (CMF). An nada Pollard a matsayin Kwamandan Dokar Daular Burtaniya a cikin Darajar Ranar Haihuwar Sarauniya da aka ayyana a ranar 9 ga Yuni, 1955, kuma Abokin Dokar Bath a cikin Darajar Haihuwar da aka ayyana a ranar 13 ga Yuni, 1959.