<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-24 Februwari 1955, uDowling waphumelela uVice Admiral Sir John Collins njengoLungu Lokuqala Lamasosha, i-Australian Commonwealth Naval Board, kanye neChief of Naval Staff CNS. Wakhushulwa waba yi-vice admiral ngoJuni 7, futhi waqokwa waba yi-Companion of the Order of the Bath CB ku-Queens Birthday Honours ezinsukwini ezimbili kamuva. Ngomhlaka 15 Juni, wajoyina ezinye izinduna zezikhulu uLieutenant General Henry Wells kanye no-Air Marshal John McCauley, uNdunankulu uRobert Menzies, kanye namalungu aphezulu kahulumeni ekuvumeleni uhlaka lomyalelo ngendima ye-Far East Strategic Reserve FESR; lokhu kwenza amabutho e-Commonwealth atholakale ekulweni nabavukeli bamakhomanisi eMalaya.  <response>: , kanye nokuvikeleka kweMalaya neSingapore ngokumelene nokuhlasela kwangaphandle. Umnikelo we-Navy ku-FESR kwakufanele okungenani ube yi-destroyer noma ama-frigate amabili ngokuqhubekayo, kanye nokuvakashelwa minyaka yonke ngumthwali wezindiza. Abashayeli bemikhumbi kanye nezikebhe ezazisesifundeni bezivocavoca, bazibophezela ngokushesha, futhi uDowling wandizela eSingapore ukuyomemezela mathupha uhlelo nezizathu zalo kubagibeli bemikhumbi. 