British Commonwealth Occupation Force
With the cessation of hostilities in August 1945, he volunteered for service in the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan, where he commanded a company of the 67th Battalion at Kaita, and later on Eta Jima island. He was appointed second-in-command of the 67th Battalion in 1947. He was later attached to the British Commonwealth Occupation Force headquarters in 1948. He married Alice Elizabeth, née Browne on 26 June a staffer of the Embassy of Canada in Tokyo.