 Wounded three times during the war , Whittle was the subject of two courts @-@ martial due to his unruly behaviour . In October 1918 , he returned to Australia at the invitation of the Prime Minister of Australia to assist in recruitment . Discharged from the military in December 1918 , he later moved to Sydney . In 1934 , Whittle was presented with a Certificate of Merit after saving a drowning boy . He died in 1946 at the age of 63 . 
