 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna December 1942, Chikamu chechi9 chakanga chakaiswa muPalestine, zvichitevera chisarudzo chokudzokera kuAustralia kunotora rutivi mukurwisana navaJapan. 224th yakabva yaenda kumavambo kwaJanuary 1943, ichisvika kuMelbourne mwedzi wakatevera. Gare gare vakatamira nechitima kuKairi paAtherton Tablelands muFar North Queensland. Kwemakore akawanda a1943, battalion yacho yakaita nguva yokudzidziswa zvakasimba sezvo yakanga yakagadzirirwa hondo yechinyakare yehondo. Izvi zvakaona kuti battalion yakarongedzwazve maererano nekugadzwa kwemapoka emusango. Muna September, 224th yakapinda muchiito zvakare, ichitora chikamu mukumhara kweamphibious kuti ifambire mberi paLae, muNew Guinea. Basa racho rakakurumidza kupedzwa uye sezvo vaAustralia vakatsvaka kutevera vaJapan vakanga vachidzokera shure, kumwezve kumhara kwakaitwa paHuon Peninsula gare gare muna September. 224th yakazotora chikamu mukuita kwakakomberedza Finschhafen uyezve kurwisa Sattelberg. Vakabatanidzwa mukufambira mberi kwakatevera kuchamhembe kuenda kuWareo, panguva iyo yavakanyanya kushandiswa kutakura zvitoro nemagandanga, vasati vasunungurwa kubva pabasa iri uye kutora chikamu mukurwisana kwakakomberedza Christmas Hills. Vakadzoserwa kuAustralia kunorara mukuvamba kwa 1944. 