 Complete the following phrase:  During the Second World War, Chauvel was recalled to duty as Inspector in Chief of the Volunteer Defence Corps VDC, the Australian version of the British Home Guard. Following Brudenell Whites death in the Canberra air disaster, Prime Minister Robert Menzies turned to Chauvel for advice on a successor as Chief of the General Staff. On Chauvels recommendation, Menzies appointed Lieutet General Vernon Sturdee to the post. During the war, Chauvels son Ian served as staff officer in the Italian campaign, while Edward was posted to New Guinea to learn about jungle warfare from the Australian Army. Chauvels daughter Eve joined the Womens Royal Australian Naval Service and spent a day in a lifeboat in the North Atlantic after her ship was torpedoed by a U-boat. Tom Mitchell was captured by the Japanese in the 