<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Ngo-September 1954, uPollard wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba ngumphathi-jikelele wesikhashana futhi wamiswa njenge-Quartermaster General kanye neLungu Lesithathu Lezempi leBhodi Lezempi. Eminyakeni engamashumi amahlanu nambili, wayeyilungu elincane kunawo wonke eBhodini. Ukuthuthukiswa kwakhe waba yi-major general kwenziwa ngoDisemba 1954. Ukuhlola izimo zamasosha ase-Australia athunyelwe  <response>: Malaya ngo-December 1955, uPollard wacashunwa ethi kwakukhona oyedwa noma ababili ababekhononda kakhulu kodwa ukuthi wamangala ukuthi bambalwa kangakanani, uma kucatshangelwa ukuthi isosha elijwayelekile likhononda kakhulu ngaso sonke isikhathi. Ngo-Agasti 1957, wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba yi-lieutenant general futhi walandela u-Eric Woodward njengo-General Officer Commanding Eastern Command, ngemuva kokuqokwa kukaWoodward njengoMbusi waseNew South Wales. I-Eastern Command eyayihlala eSydney, yayihlanganisa izwe laseNew South Wales futhi yayiyisikhungo esiphezulu se- 2nd Division CMF. UPollard waqokwa njengoMkhuzi we-Order of the British Empire kwi-Queens Birthday Honours eyamenyezelwa ngomhlaka 9 Juni 1955, kanye ne-Companion ye-Order of the Bath kuma-Birthday Honours amenyezelwe ngomhlaka 13 Juni 1959. 