 Blamey returned to Melbourne , where he devoted himself to business affairs , to writing , and to promoting the welfare of ex @-@ service personnel . In September 1948 , Blamey paid a visit to Japan , where he was warmly greeted on arrival at Iwakuni by Horace Robertson , the commander of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force , who also provided an RAAF honour guard . MacArthur sent his own aircraft , the Bataan , to collect Blamey and bring him to Tokyo , where he met Blamey at the airport and gave him another warm greeting . In the late 1940s Blamey became involved with The Association , an organisation similar to the earlier League of National Security , which was established to counter a possible communist coup . He was the head of the organisation until ill health forced him to stand down in favour of Morshead in 1950 . 
