 Air Chief Marshal McNamara retired from military life in April 1984 . He was awarded the Centenary Medal on 1 January 2001 for his " service to Australian society through the Royal Australian Air Force " . That year he joined celebrations at Point Cook , Victoria , to mark the 80th anniversary of the founding of the RAAF . McNamara published his autobiography , The Quiet Man , in 2005 . He died at Jervis Bay , New South Wales , on 7 May 2014 , and was survived by his wife and two daughters . He is commemorated by Sir Neville McNamara Drive in North Turramurra , New South Wales . 
