 On 10 April 1919 , Towner attended an investiture ceremony in the ballroom of Buckingham Palace , during which he was decorated with his Victoria Cross and Military Cross by King George V. Three weeks later he boarded HT <unk> , bound for Australia . Disembarking at Sydney on 14 June 1919 he made his way to Brisbane , and was discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 16 August 1919 . 
