 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - The 3rd Division yakaudzwa kuti iende kuNew Guinea muna February 1943, asi Blamey haana kutanga achida kuti Savige aitungamirire, nokuti ainzwa kuti zvakaoma zvikuru kuenda ikoko, uye akanga achine kusava nechokwadi pamusoro pekugadzirira kwaSavige. Kuongororwa kwokurapwa kwakakwana kwakabvumira, uye Savige akaenda kuPort Moresby muna March 1943. Mhedziso inobudirira yeHondo yeWauvakasiya 17th Infantry Brigade - zvino pasi paBrigadier Murray Moten - paWau semasoja bedzi ari kuonana nomuvengi muSouth West Pacific Area. Herring, iye zvino ari mutungamiriri weNew Guinea Force, akarayira Savige kuti atyisidzire nzvimbo yeJapan kuSalamaua; mhedzisiro yaive SalamauaLae mushandirapamwe. Pasinei nemamiriro ezvinhu akaoma, Savige akatungamirira kubva mberi. Akashanyira nzvimbo dzapamberi ndokubhururuka pamusoro penzvimbo dzapamberi akapfeka kapu yake tsvuku yegeneral kuti varume vake - uye chero mupfuri wechiJapan - vazive kuti mukuru wacho akanga ari pabasa. 