 With the end of hostilities in the Pacific , Pentland was discharged from the RAAF on 2 November 1945 . He took the opportunity to purchase surplus military equipment in New Guinea and established himself as a trader in Finschhafen , later expanding to Lae and Wau . In 1948 , he went into business as a coffee planter in Goroka , and also recruited labour from the highlands for industries on the coast . Prospering as a planter , he contributed to development of the region by building Goroka 's original constant @-@ flowing water supply and encouraging other businesses to set up there . His ongoing commitments in New Guinea meant that he was not invested with his Air Force Cross until 1950 . In 1959 , he sold his interests in Goroka and retired with Madge to their seaside home in Bayview , New South Wales . Madge Pentland died in 1982 , and Jerry eighteen months later , on 3 November 1983 , at the War Veterans Home in Collaroy . He was survived by daughter Carleen , and cremated on 7 November . 
