After the war Morshead returned to civilian life , becoming the Orient Steam Navigation Company 's Australian general manager on 31 December 1947 . He continued to receive honours for his military service , including a further mention in despatches in 1947 and the American Medal of Freedom with Silver Palm . He was president of the Bank of New South Wales , the chairman of David Jones , and director of several companies . From 1950 Morshead headed ' The Association ' , a secret organization similar to the New Guard movement with which he had been involved in the mid-1920s , and which was prepared to oppose communist attempts at subversion . It was quietly disbanded in 1952
Medal of Freedom
Medal of Freedom (1945)
Leslie Morshead