 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Shropshire yakasiya United Kingdom muna August, sorutivi rwekufambisa kwechikwata kuenda kuGibraltar. Pashure peizvi, akapfuurira kuenda kuAustralia, ndokusvika muSydney musi wa2 October. Pakupera kwemwedzi, akabatana neTask Force 74 paBrisbane, uye akatsigira kumhara kweamphibious paAraweuye Cape Gloucester muna December. Muna March 1944, Shropshire yakabatanidzwa mukurwisa Admiralty Islands. Muna April, ngarava yacho yakabatanidzwa pakumhara paHollandia. Muna Chivabvu, vachiri kushanda munzvimbo yeWakde-Sarmi-Biak, bhomba rakadonhedzwa netsaona nendege yeUnited States pakati pe Shropshire ne. Kunyange zvazvo bhomba racho rakapotsa ngarava dzose dziri mbiri uye rakaita serisina kukuvadza, injini dzegungwa racho dzakatanga kusashanda zvakanaka mazuva mana gare gare, uye Shropshire yakadzokera kuAustralia kunogadziriswa. 