 Achidzokera kuAustralia muna August 1942, Pollard akagadzwa General Staff Officer Grade 1 ye6th Division; akashanda padzimbahwe rayo muPapua kubva muna September kusvika pakati paNovember, paakava mukuru mukuru weGeneral George Vasey pa7th Division. Pollard akagamuchira Distinguished Service Order nokuda kwezviito zvake mumabasa eGona neSanananda, panguva iyo akaratidza simba risingagumi uye akawana ruzivo rwakakosha rwekushandisa mune ramangwana mashandiro; mubairo uyu wakaziviswa musi wa 21 Zvita 1943. Pakupera kwehondo yePapua muna Ndira 1943, Pollard akaendeswa kuQueensland ne6th Division, iyo yaive ichidzidziswa nekusimbiswa. Akanga ari Mudzidzisi Mukuru weChikoro cheVashandi Vakuru kuDuntroon kubva muna Zvita 1943 kusvika Kukadzi 1945, paakazova Mutevedzeri weMutungamiriri weMasoja Mauto kuGeneral Sir Thomas Blameys Allied Land Forces Headquarters muMelbourne. 