 Blamey was re @-@ appointed as Chief Commissioner in 1930 , but at a reduced salary of £ 1 @,@ 250 per annum . A year later it was reduced still further , to £ 785 , due to cutbacks as a result of the Great Depression . Minnie became an invalid , and by 1930 no longer accompanied him in public . His son Dolf , now an RAAF flying officer , was killed in an air crash at RAAF Base Richmond in October 1932 , and Minnie died in October 1935 . Blamey was knighted in the 1935 New Year Honours , and in 1936 he was appointed a Commander of the Venerable Order of Saint John . 
