He was discharged with the rank of major in May 1946, with his final post being deputy assistant quartermaster general of Western Command.

[4] In the early 1960s he founded Swan Cottage Homes, a major aged care complex in Bentley, Western Australia.

[1] In that capacity he played a role in the VIP aircraft affair of 1967, which proved politically damaging for the Holt government.

He was one of the first Coalition MPs to express concerns over the government's use of VIP aircraft and in April 1966 suggested a parliamentary inquiry be held to pre-empt criticisms.

[12] He was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 1998 for "service to the aged in the community, in particular as the founder and chairman for more than 37 years of Swan Cottage Homes Incorporated".