 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Bhatani rechi 12 rakamutswa muBristol muna August 1914 neKomiti yeVagari Yokuunganidza. Yakagamuchirwa neHurumende yeHondo muna June 1915 uye yakaenda kuFrance munaNovember sechikamu che 95th Brigade mu 5th Division. Bhatani racho rakatanga kushanda muna 1916 panguva ye Somme offensive: musi wa 29 Chikunguru paLongueval panguva yeHondo yeDelville Wood; pakati pa 3 na 5 Gunyana panguva yeHondo yeGuillemont, umo yakarasikirwa nevanenge mazana matatu; uye musi wa25 Gunyana panguva yeHondo yeMorval. Musi waMay 8, 1917, panguva yeHondo yeArras, battalion yakaparadzwa nekurasikirwa nevarume 296 paFresnoy, uye haina kuona chiito zvakare kusvika Gumiguru 4 muHondo yeBroadseinde. Muna December, 5th Division yakaendeswa kuItaly, uko yakaenda mumutsara pedyo neRwizi Piave, asi battalion yakaona zvishoma zvekuita kunze kwekutarisa. Chikamu chakadzokera kuFrance muna Kubvumbi 1918, chichitora nzvimbo mumutsara padyo neNieppe Sango, uye batachoni yakaona chiito musi wa25 Kubvumbi na28 Chikumi, nguva mbiri dzakapfuura pamberi pemutsara. Chiito chayo chekupedzisira chakauya panguva yeChipiri Hondo yeBapaume, uko yakatambura vamwe 100 vakafa musi wa21 Nyamavhuvhu asi vakabudirira mukutora Irles musi wa23 Nyamavhuvhu. Musi wa6 Gumiguru, battalion yakaparadzwa uye varume vayo vakagoverwa pakati pemamwe mauniti e5th Division. 