 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Warramunga pakuvamba yakapiwa basa rokuperekedza konvoyi pakati peQueensland neNew Guinea. Mukati maApril naMay 1943, muparadzi akaiswa pamhenderekedzo nokuda kwokugadziridza. Pakupera kwayo, yakapiwa basa kuTask Force 74, iyo yakanga ichishanda pamhenderekedzo yeQueensland. Muna Chikunguru, Task Force yakapa chifukidzo cheOperation Chronicle, kumhara paKiriwina neWoodlark Islands. Mushure mokukuvadzwa ne torpedo yeJapan musi wa 20 Chikunguru, Warramunga uye hanzvadzi yehanzvadzi yakafambisa ngarava kubva kuEspiritu Santo kuenda kuSydney. Pashure peizvi, Warramunga akafambisa ngoro mbiri kubva kuTownsville kuenda kuMilne Bay, ipapo boka reU.S. Marines kubva kuMelbourne kuenda kuGoodenough Island. Pashure pokugadziridzwazve muSydney, Warramunga akaperekedza ngarava yokufambisa kuenda kuBrisbane, uko ngarava mbiri dzakabatana neTask Force 74. Musi wa 29 October, Warramunga yakarova Gasmata. Musi waDecember 15, muparadzi akatsigira amphibious landings paArawe. Musi waDecember 26, Warramunga yakabatanidzwa mukuputika mabhomba asati asvika paCape Gloucester. 