 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Nguva pfupi yokuenda kumba yakatevera, vashandi vebato vasati vaungana paRoyal Park nokuda kwokufora vachipfuura nomuMelbourne. Basa rokusimbisa rakasvikawo panguva ino, richibatanidza varume vanobva kuNew South Wales nedzimwe nyika dzinoverengeka. Pakati paSeptember, battalion yakatamira kuGreta, New South Wales, ichifamba nechitima kuburikidza neShepparton, Tocumwal neNewcastle. Nguva pfupi yokurovedzwa yakaitwa ikoko, panguva iyo yunifomu dzebhataiyoni dzaive dzakapendwa dzakasvibira. Munguva iyi, battalion rakagadziriswazve uye rakashandurwa kuita sangano remusango; sechikamu cheiyi nzira simba rayo rakabvumidzwa rakaderedzwa kusvika kuvanhu vanosvika mazana masere vevashandi vese. Mamiriro ezvinhu muPacific akanga akaipa zvikuru, uye mauto eAustralia akanga achirwisa maJapan muNew Guinea akanga achimanikidzwa zvikuru uye aida zvikuru kusimbiswa. Nokudaro mukuvamba kwaOctober 1942, mwedzi isingasviki miviri pashure pokudzokera kuAustralia, 25th yakatamira kuBrisbane, Queensland, uko yakaendeswa kuMilne Bay, iyo yakanga ichangobva kubatwa mukutarisana nokumhara kweJapan, vari mungarava yokuNetherlands yokufambisa Maetsuyker. 