 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukupera kwema1930, chiremera chakauya pasi pehutungamiriri hwaLieutenant Colonel Arthur Blackburn, VC. Sezvo tarisiro yehondo yakatarisana zvakare muna 1939, boka racho rakagadzirira basa rokumwe. Zvisinei, apo Hondo Yenyika II yakatanga uye izvi hazvina kuitika, Blackburn nevakawanda vevakuru nevarume vechikwata vakabatana ne2nd Australian Imperial Forces a href23rd20Machine20Gun20Battalion2028Australia2923rd Machine Gun Battaliona, iyo yakarwa muSyria uye yakazova chikamu cheBlack Force muJava.. Chikamu chacho chakashandurwa kuva 18th Motor Regiment muna March 1942. Zvisinei, ichi chakaratidza kuva danho rakapfupika sezvo musi wa 8 Chivabvu 1942 chikwata chakarayirwa kuti chichinje kuita chikwata chemauto uye chakatumidzwa zita rekuti 12th Armoured Regiment. Panguva iyi boka racho rakaendeswa kuAustralia Armored Corps. 