 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Boka racho rakamutswa seboka reMilitia muna December 1941 mukupindura kupinda kweJapan muhondo. Mahofisi makuru ebrigade akavhurwa muSydney, New South Wales, kunyange zvazvo zvikamu zvaro zvakaumbwa kubva kune dzimwe nyika dzeAustralia. Pakagadzwa bhiriji rakasimudzwa sechikwata chakazvimiririra, uye chaive nemabhatani matatu evarwi iyo ichangobva kugadzirwazve yeVictorian-based 39th, iyo Queensland 49th uye 53rd kubva kuNew South Wales iyo yaitsigirwa ne23rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery uye yeSouth Australia-based 13th Field Artillery Regiment, iyo yakanga yakashongedzerwa neHondo Yenyika Yekutanga vintage 18-pound field pfuti. 7th Field Company yakagoverwawo. Kubva pakutanga, yakaumbwa kuti igare muPort Moresby, uye zvirokwazvo rimwe remauto aro, rechi49, rakanga raendeswa kuNew Guinea kare kare muna March 1941. Pashure pokurwiswa kwePearl Harbor neMalayaZvisinei, chisarudzo chakaitwa chekusimudzira simba rakapoteredza Port Moresby kusvika kune rimwe boka-boka rakakura uye semugumisiro 30th Brigade yakaumbwa. Musi wa 3 Ndira 1942, mauto makuru ebrigade nezvimwe zvinhu zvakaendeswa kuNew Guinea kusvika paRMS Aquitania, vachibatanidza 49th. 