<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pana 24 February 1955, Dowling akabudirira Vice Admiral Sir John Collins seChikwata Chekutanga cheNaval, Australian Commonwealth Naval Board, uye Chief of Naval Staff CNS. Akakwidziridzwa kuita mutevedzeri wemukuru wemauto musi wa7 Chikumi, uye akagadzwa Companion yeOrder yeBhati CB muMambokadzi weZuva rekuzvarwa Honours mazuva maviri gare gare. Musi wa15 Chikumi, akabatana nevamwe vakuru vakuru vevashandi Lieutenant General Henry Wells naAir Marshal John McCauley, Mutungamiriri weHurumende Robert Menzies, uye nhengo dzepamusoro dzehurumende mukubvumidza gwaro rekuraira rebasa reFar East Strategic Reserve FESR; izvi zvakaita kuti mauto eCommonwealth awanikwe kurwisa  <response>: vapanduki vechiKomonisiti muMalaya, pamwe chete nokuchengeteka kweMalaya neSingapore pakurwiswa nechokunze. Mupiro weNavy kuFESR waifanira kunge uri zviviri zvinoparadza kana kuti frigates nguva dzose, pamwe nekushanya kwegore negore nemutakuri wendege. Vanoparadza uye, vakanga vatova munharaunda yacho pane imwe tsika, vakakurumidza kuzvipira, uye Dowling akabhururuka kuSingapore kuti azivise pachake chirongwa uye zvikonzero zvayo kune vashandi vengarava. 