 Kupfuurira nokuda kweiyi ndima - Vachifamba nomugwagwa wokumaodzanyemba wakareba, asi wakachengeteka zvikuru, vari munzira kuenda kuMiddle East boka raitakura vaAustralia rakasvika pachiteshi chengarava paDurban, South Africa. Vari ikoko, battalion yakafamba nomuguta iri pasi pezvombo musi wa13 Zvita 1940, vasati vapindazve. Vakasvika muAlexandria, Egypt, musi wa 31 December 1940, battalion yakaenda kumusasa paIkingi Maryut nevatungamiri 33 nevarume 707. MunaFebruary 1941, battalion yakatamiswa zvakare, sezvo 18th Brigade yakatumirwazve ku7th Division. Panenge panguva imwecheteyo, brigade rakaderedzwa kusvika kumatatu chete ehondo sechikamu chekugadzirisazve mauto, uye 211th Battalion yakaendeswa ku19th Brigade. Neboka rechinomwe, bataiyoni yakarwa muhondo yayo yekutanga huru yehondo musi wa21 Kurume 1941, payakatungamira kurwiswa kwe18th Brigade kunhare yeItaly kuGiarabub, iyo yaive yakachengetwa nevaItaly vanosvika chiuru nemazana mashanu. Vachifambira mberi kubva kuSiwa muEgypt, battalion, yakatsigirwa nezvikamu zve210th uye 212th Battalions, yakarwiswa kubva kumaodzanyemba kuyambuka marshland, nepo vatasvi vemabhiza kubva ku6th Division Cavalry Regiment vainyepedzera kurwisa nzvimbo yakasimba kwazvo yenhare. Pakati pe dutu rejecha iro rakatadzisa kuoneka, kurwa kwakasimba kwakatevera uye varwi vakazvipira kuma2: 00 masikati; 250 maItaly akaurayiwa, nepo 1,300 vakatorwa sevasungwa vehondo. Vanhu vokuAustralia vanosvika 17 vakaurayiwa uye 77 vakakuvadzwa, vakawanda vacho vari varume ve29th Battalion. Mushure mezvo, battalion yakatumirwa kuIkingi Maryut uye mwedzi wakatevera 29th yakaendeswa kuTobruk nemugwagwa negungwa kunosimbisa varwi ikoko sezvo mauto eGerman akakomberedza chiteshi chengarava mukuedza kuitora. 29th yaizoramba iri imomo kwemwedzi mishanu inotevera Tobruk payakanga yakombwa. 