 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna July 1945, Blamey akagadza Eather kutungamirira 11th Division, ane chinzvimbo chagenerala mukuru. 11th Division ipapo yakanga yakabatanidzwa navaJapan paNew Britain. Akanga ari mutungamiriri kwamavhiki mashomanene bedzi zvisinei pamberi pokunge Japan yaramba. Eather akabva ava mutariri wevasungwa vechiJapan vanopfuura 100 000 vaiva munharaunda yeRabaul. Akatarisira kutongwa kwemhosva dzehondo nokudzorerwa kwavo kuJapan. 