 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ngarava yacho yakashandurwa muSydney kutakura mauto. Yakaendesa mauto eAustralia neAmerica kuPort Moresby, Milne Bay neOro Bay muNew Guinea. Musi wa 11 Chikunguru 1942 akanga asvika kuMilne Bay naBrigadier John Field ne7th Brigade Group se Milne Force kuti vadzivirire chiteshi chengarava uye nhandare dzendege. Yakanga iri muMilne Bay usiku hwapfuura uye yakasiya mangwanani ekumhara kweJapan uye ngarava yokutanga kusimbisa Milne Bay panguva yekuedza kweJapan kutora nzvimbo dzendegeipapo. Tasman yakaita nhamburiko nhatu dzokupedzisira dzokupinda mubani, ichidzingwa nengarava dzehondo dzeJapan. Ngarava yacho yakanga ichiperekedzwa mukati meiyi mibato yeNew Guinea. 