After the war ended , Clifton was based in Singapore , working towards the reparation of New Zealanders that had been interned by the Japanese . In March 1946 , he was posted to the staff of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan , where he remained for a year before returning to New Zealand to take up command of the training school at Trentham Military Camp . In his final years in the military , he was attached to the War Office in London for a time , and then commanded the Northern Military District back in New Zealand before retiring in 1953 . The previous year , his book '' The Happy Hunted '' , an account of his wartime experiences , was published . In 1953 , Clifton was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
George Herbert Clifton