 The New Zealand defence minister at the time, James Allen, was also disappointed as he had established a good working relationship with Hall-Thompson.In 1920 Hall-Thompson was given command of the battleship and two years later became Aide-de-Camp to the King.He contributed a chapter to a volume of the "Official History of New Zealand's Effort in the Great War", writing about the work of "Philomel" and this was published in 1923.