After he gets back vs Upon his return

Both phrases are correct and can be used interchangeably. They both convey the idea of something happening after someone returns. The choice between them depends on personal preference or the desired style of writing.

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After he gets back

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that something will happen following someone's return.

Examples:

We can discuss the project after he gets back from his trip.
I'll give him the message after he gets back home.

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Well, I can look after my baby until he gets back.
Angel De Vita comes back to Italy from Argentina after forty years. He gets back for a matter of life and death.
Two weeks after we get back.
Maybe you can call me after I get back.
Well, after you get back, then.
Let's have our farewell party after I get back.
The week after I get back, it's Halloween.
After Allison gets back from maternity leave, I am officially unemployed.
After I get back, let's go back to my country together.
You know, I was thinking tonight maybe we could bury the ashes in the back yard after we get back from your dad's.
Get what you're after and get back to your safe little fort.
After I get back to Palma.
Always rather a melancholy day, I think... after you get back from holidays.
I'll clean up after I get back from shift.
They track us down after we get back from Chicago, it is over.
You can give him the bad news after we get back from the moon.
It's one I'm sure I'd love to hear after we get back...
And you tell them to be there Friday after we get back.
Claire, if a Bob Wiley calls, schedule him for a short interview right after I get back from my vacation.
That's right, and they leave the day after we get back.

Alternatives:

after his return
once he returns
when he comes back
following his arrival

Upon his return

This phrase is correct and slightly more formal than 'after he gets back.'

This phrase is used to indicate that something will happen immediately after someone returns.

Examples:

Upon his return, we will have a meeting to discuss the project.
He will receive his promotion upon his return from the business trip.

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Upon his return to Japan, demands for X-rays multiplied.
Upon his return in 1953, he served in the U.S. Army as a cryptologist.
Upon his return, he was arrested and tried in a military court, even though he is a civilian.
1973| Upon his return to Italy he obtained his doctorate in Foreign Languages (presenting a thesis on "The Sociology of the Crime Novel") at Genoa Teachers' College and decided to dedicate himself entirely to comics.
Upon his return to Zagreb in 1981, he worked for six years at the Clinic for Otorhinolaryngology of the Clinical Hospital "Sisters of Mercy".
Upon his return, he met a person that he prayed a lot with, and that person told him that he had a religious vocation.
Upon his return to England he protested against the unrepresentative character of the meeting and held that its resolutions were not binding.
Upon his return to Siglo XX, he continued his fight against the dictatorship through the clandestine unions.
Upon his return to Zimbabwe, he began a sports championship program for unemployed and at-risk youth.
Upon his return he gave the following impressions:
Upon his return to Japan, Ryushin Azuma Roshi asked Shinkō-san for a report about his stay at Shinnyo-ji, it was published in the March 2007 bulletin in the Daijo-ji Monastery.
Upon his return from the Wartburg, Luther completed his translation of the New Testament, and the gospel was soon after given to the people of Germany in their own language.
Upon his return, among other things, Fr. Ivan also said this:
This he did at the Carmel of Coimbra on September 2, 1952. Upon his return to Rome, Father Schweigl went to his residence at the Russicum and said to a colleague the following day:
Upon his return, among other things, he also said this about his impressions:
I'm here to surprise my husband upon his return.
I prepared these men to follow Long John Silver upon his return.
A pity he perished with some mysterious plague upon his return.
Seek it from the man himself upon his return.
In this issue we will present the points of interest himself reported upon his return from Canada.

Alternatives:

upon his arrival
on his coming back
when he returns
following his coming back

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After he gets back vs Upon his return