sentences:  Intelligent and efficient, he was transferred to Russell Street headquarters in 1924, and for the decade from 1927, he successively worked as a special adviser and assistant to (Sir) Thomas Blamey and to Alexander Duncan.Awarded the Royal Victorian medal in 1934, Tom Dunn retired as the state's second-ranking policeman in June 1944 after 34 years' service.His son Ray was sent to schools in Geelong and Essendon, and attended the University of Melbourne on a scholarship.