In 1966 he was elected a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians (being sponsored by Sir Harry Wunderly and Dr Hilary Roche).
[1][2] During his 35 years in full-time practice, Faunce became recognised for his diagnostic skills, for his high standards of professional ethics and his concern for the medical, personal and social needs of his patients.
[3] Trainee Bill Burke (now a Canberra respiratory physician) stated: "Ebullient, military in his gait and bearing, [Faunce] was prone to swing onto the ward stepping out to his own loudly-whistled accompaniment of the Colonel Bogey march.
[9] For his service to Australian prime ministers and governors general, Faunce was awarded the Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1995.
For his public service as senior physician consultant to the RAAF Medical Directorate, he was awarded the OBE in 1969 and made a member of the Military Division of the Order of Australia (AM) in 1981.