<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Ngemva kokubuyela e-Australia, uWilton wamiswa njengo-Brigadier ophethe Ezokuphatha eNdlunkulu ye-Eastern Command, isikhundla sakhe sokuqala sokuphatha. NgoNovemba 1955 wabelwa kuGeneral Staff e-AHQ, lapho ayephethe khona ubuhlakani, imisebenzi nezinhlelo, futhi wabamba iqhaza ekulungiseleleni i-Australia ukuzivocavoca kwe-SEATO. Wakhushulwa waba ngu-Major General ngomhlaka-24 Mashi 1957, futhi waba yi-Commandant of the Royal Military College, Duntroon. Nakuba ayengakholwa kakhulu, uWilton wayezibheka njengomuntu onomthwalo wemfanelo wokuthuthukiswa ngokomoya nangokokuziphatha kwabafundi abasebancane; wenza iphuzu lokuya njalo emikhosini yesonto, futhi ngo-1959 uqobo lwaqala isikhalazo semali yomphakathi yokwakha i-Anzac Memorial Chapel yekolishi, eyayizovulwa ngo-1966. Nokho, umgomo wakhe oyinhloko kwakuwukufunda: ekhathazekile ngokuthi iziqu zazisengozini yokuwela ngemuva kontanga yabo abaqeqeshiwe embonini nasenkonzweni yomphakathi, wasebenza ngenkuthalo ukwenza ikolishi libe yisikhungo esinikeza iziqu; lokhu kwafezwa ngo-1967. Kusukela ngoJuni 1960 kuya ku-1962, uWilton wayeyiNhloko yeHhovisi Lokuhlelwa Kwezempi ekomkhulu le-SEATO, eBangkok. Wayekholelwa ukuthi iThailand ibaluleke kakhulu, ethi uma ufuna ukubamba iNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia, kudingeka ubambe iThailand. Isikhundla sakhe samvumela ukuba abheke eduze  <response>: isimo esiwohlokayo eLaos, esasongela ukudlulela eThailand, nokugxila okwandayo kwamaGunya aseNtshonalanga eNingizimu Vietnam. Wabe eseqokelwa i-Companion of the Order of the Bath CB ngo-1962 eNdlovukazi yokuHlonipha usuku lokuzalwa, ikakhulukazi ngokuzinikela kwakhe okuphawulekayo emsebenzini kanye nenhloso yakhe njengoMphathi weDuntroon. Ngo-21 Januwari 1963, uWilton wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba ngu-lieutenant general futhi waba yi-Chief of the General Staff CGS, elandela uLieutenant General Sir Reginald Pollard. Waqokwa njengoKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE ngo-1964 ngonyaka omusha wokuhlonipha. 