 Kutevera kupinda kweJapan muhondo muna December 1941, hurumende yeAustralia yakatanga kumanikidzira kuti mamwe mauto eAIF kuMiddle East adzorerwe kuAustralia, kuti abatsire kudzivirira kupfuurira kweJapan muPacific. Pakupera kwaJanuary 1942, 227th yakatanga kubva kuEgypt iri muIle de France, ichifambazve nomugungwa richipfuura neBombay. Ikoko, battalion yacho yakaendeswa kuGuta reLondon. Panguva yorwendo rwacho, pakanga pane zvirongwa zvokutsausa boka racho kuenda kuJava, kusimbisa mauto eAustralia neDutch ikoko kurwisana nemaJapan, asi mamiriro ezvinhu akaipisisa ikoko akaita kuti konoi idzorerwe. Mushure mokunge vasvika pachiteshi chengarava muColombo, motokari yacho yakasvika kuFremantle musi wa15 Kurume kwechinguva chiduku vasati vaenda kuPort Adelaide, uko 227th yakasvika. Mushure menguva pfupi yekusiya basa, 21st Brigade yakaunganidzwa muQueensland iyo 227th iri kutenderedza Caloundra uko, pamusoro pemwedzi yakati wandei, vakagadzirirwa kuendeswa kunhandare yePacific. 