 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Mushure mokubatwa kweSalamaua, 17th Brigade yakatanga kubva kuNassau Bay ndokudzokera kuAustralia, ichinyanya kuWondecla, Queensland, uko 6th Division yakabatanidzwazve kuAtherton Tablelands. Nguva refu yekudzidziswa yakatevera ye17th Brigade sezvo basa remauto eAustralia muPacific rakatorwa zvakanyanya neUS, ichisiya 6th Division isina basa kwenguva yakareba. Pakupedzisira, mukupera kwa 1944, kwakasarudzwa kuti mauto eAustralia aizobvisa mauto eU.S. akapoteredza Aitape, kuitira kuvasunungura nokuda kwokuendeswazve kuPhilippines. Mauto eUS aive akachengetedza nhandare yendege kuAitape, uye akaisa hwaro hwakasimba ipapo; mauto eAustralia aitarisirwa kubata hwaro uhu uyezve kusundira mafambiro kumabvazuva kumahombekombe akananga kuWewak, uku achiganhurira zviito zvekurwisa kuitira kuti zvisaguma mukuda kwekuzvipira kwemauto makuru. Boka iri rakatanga kusvika panhandare yendege yeAitape yaive mumaoko eUS muna Mbudzi uye apo 16th ne19th Brigades vakatakura kufambira mberi pamwe nemhenderekedzo yegungwa, iyo 17th yakasundira kumusoro kweRwizi Sepik mukati kubva kuTorricelli Range, ichitenderera bhati rimwe nerimwe pakati pekuzvidzivirira nekurwisa zviito. Muna Ndira 1945, 25th yakatamira kuPerimbul neBalif, nepo mwedzi wakatevera iyo yasara yebrigade yakafambira mberi kuenda kuAmi, ichibatanidza ne25th yakatenderedza Maprik. The 27th yakatora mberi muna February, apo zvikamu zvakapoteredza kubva kuHay Force zvakasundira maJapan munzira yavo. 26th yakatora kubva kumakomando paAmi muna Kurume uye 25th yakatora kubva ku27th muna Chikumi. Panenge panguva iyi, 2nd New Guinea Infantry Battalion yakapiwa ku17th Brigade uye yakaita mapurisa pakati peHayfield neGwalip, vasati vatora 27th. Muna Chikunguru, vakasundira kuKiarivu, sezvo maAustralia akafambira mberi munzvimbo dzemakomo. Hondo yakaguma nokukurumidza pashure peizvi, pakati paAugust, panguva iyo mabhati mana eboka racho akanga ari muchiito mukurwisana navaJapan pedyo neGomo reIrup. 