<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - U-Dowling waqokwa waba yi-Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE ngo-1957 New Year Honours, futhi waqeda isikhathi sakhe njengo-CNS ngo-23 February 1959. Ngomhlaka 23 Mashi wathatha isikhundla sikaSir Henry Wells njengoSihlalo weKomidi Lezikhulu Zomsebenzi COSC, indima eyayibikezela leyo yeChief of the Defence Force. Walandelelwa njengo-CNS nguVice Admiral Henry Burrell. Wamangala kakhulu ngokuqokwa kwakhe njengoSihlalo weCOSC, uDowling wayethemba ukuthi uzoguqula lesi sikhundla ngendlela yokuthi sizosebenzisa igunya lokulawula phezu kwabaholi bezinsizakalo, kodwa kulokhu wadumala. Isikhundla salesi sikhundla sahlala sinjengezinhloko ze-Army, Navy kanye ne-Air Force, futhi sasibhekele kuphela ukubeka imibono yabo ezindabeni zezempi kuNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela. Okunye ukubuyela emuva ngesikhathi sokusebenza kwakhe kufaka phakathi isinqumo soMnyango Wezokuvikela esapheliswa ngemuva kokuphela kwesikhathi sakhe sokuhlakaza i-Fleet Air Arm, kanye nokwehluleka kukahulumeni wase-Federal ukumsekela lapho ememezela engqungqutheleni yabezindaba ye-SEATO ngoMashi 1961 ukuthi i-Australia yayikulungele ukungenelela empini enkingeni yesibili yaseLaos.  <response>: uma kuba nesidingo. NgoSepthemba 1959, ngesikhathi senhlekelele yokuqala yaseLaotian, uhulumeni wase-Australia wagunyaza uDowling ukuthi athumele i-infantry battalion, i-squadron ye-RAAF fighters, ezokuthutha emoyeni, kanye nabahlaseli ababili be-RAN ukusekela amabutho ase-US kanye ne-SEATO, kodwa akukho ukungenelela okwenzeka. 