He briefly taught English Literature at the Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore).
[1] He was appointed instructor at the Royal Australian Naval College at Jervis Bay on 1 October 1918, resigned 31 March 1919, acknowledging cardiac problems.
Both Brereton and Waldock had been students of Professor Sir Mungo William MacCallum.
[4] Waldock was visiting his father in Canberra when he fell ill, and returned to Sydney, where he was admitted to St Luke's hospital on 10 January 1950.
Shortly before his death, Professor Waldock was commissioned to write three articles for the Sydney Morning Herald: