 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mwedzi wakatevera, 8th Brigade yakabatanidzwa muHondo yeTreasury Islands. Izvi zvaibatanidza kumhara kuti vawane Zvitsuwa zvePfuma kubva kuvaJapan kuitira kuti vaite mabasa omunguva yemberi paBougainville. Yakanga ichizova yokutanga kumhara kwezvikepe zvinorwisana zvakaitwa nemauto eNew Zealand kubvira pakurwisa kweGallipoli muna 1915. 34th Battalion yakapiwa basa rekuchengetedza chitsuwa cheStirling, icho chiuto chemauto chaifunga kuti hachina munhu, nepo panguva imwecheteyo 29th ne36th Battalions dzaizomhara paMono Island kuti dzitarisane nevarwi veJapan. Kubetsera nhamburiko paMono Island, imwe kambani ye34th Battalion yakaparadzaniswa kuti igadzire rutivi rweLogan Force, yakarayirwa naMajor Logan, aimbova we34th Battalion. Iri raiva boka duku rokurwa, iro raisanganisirawo chikamu chemauto ane pfuti, kuti ape chengeteko kuvashandi vokuAmerica vokuvaka uye vezvemichina avo vaizosvika paSoanotalu, pamhenderekedzo yokuchamhembe yeMono Island, kuti vagadzire nzvimbo yeradar. 