 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nguva yekuzorora uye kuronga patsva yakatevera pamberi pe9th Division yakatumirwa kuSyria muna Ndira 1942, ichibvisa 7th Division, iyo yaifanira kudzokera kuAustralia nekuda kwekutyisidzira kwakakonzerwa nekupinda kweJapan muhondo. MuSyria, 9th Division yakaumba chikamu cheAllied garrison iyo yakanga yaiswa ipapo mushure meSyria-Lebanon campaign. Achibvisa 21st Brigade, 24th yakabata nzvimbo mukati, nemayuniti ayo akapararira pakati peSir ed Danie, Haret Jedide, El Ayoun neArle, kunyangwe 232nd yakabva kuEl Ayoun ichienda kuRamlieh munaKurume. Munguva yaMay naJune, brigade yakashandurwa ne26th Brigade kubvumira kuti sangano rimwe nerimwe riite kurovedza pamwe chete pamberi pemabasa emangwana, asi richiri kuchengetedza chimiro chekudzivirira. Pakupera kwaJune, 9th Division yakagamuchira mirairo yekudzokera kuEgypt, sezvo maGerman akatanga kurwisa muNorth Africa iyo yakatyisidzira Allied base yakatenderedza Alexandria. 24th Brigade yakagadzira nzvimbo dzekuzvidzivirira dzakapoteredza Lake Maryut muna Chikunguru, isati yaudzwa kuti iende kumberi kunobatana nekurwa muhondo yekutanga yeEl Alamein. Munguva yehondo iyi yekuzvidzivirira, brigade iyi yakasunungurwa kwenguva pfupi kuBritish 1st Armoured Division uye yakaita kurwisa kubva kuRuweisat Ridge yakananga kuAlam Baoshaza. Mushure mekudzokera ku9th Division, 24th Brigade yakaita nhevedzano yekurwiswa kwakatenderedza Qattara Track, Tel el Makh Khad uye Ruin Ridge. Munguva yekurwiswa kweRuin Ridge, 228th Battalion yakarasikirwa zvakanyanya payakatemwa, uye vazhinji vebattalion vakapedzisira vatapwa. Kuita kuti kurasikirwa uku, iyo a href23rd20Pioneer20Battalion2028Australia2923rd Pioneer Battaliona yakapiwa kwenguva pfupi kune brigade, apo 228th yakavakwazve muPalestine. Zvichakadaro, vamwe vose veboka racho vakarwa kuti varambe vachitambudzwa neGermany uye muna September vakatanga nhevedzano yezvikwata vachigadzirira kuzotambudzwa kwaizouya. 