 Kunyora kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekusvika muFrance munaKurume, batachoni yakaenda kuWestern Front, ichitora nzvimbo dzepamberi dzakatenderedza Armentières kuchamhembe kweFrance musi wa10 Kubvumbi 1916. Pakati paJuly, battalion yakaendeswa kuSomme, uko vakazotora chikamu muHondo dzePozièresuye Musasa weMouquet, umo vakatambura kurasikirwa kunenge 90 muzana. Pakuvamba muna 1917, vaGermany vakapfupisa mitsetse yavo ndokudzokera kuHindenburg Line uye mapoka eAustralia muSomme akarairwa kuita kufambira mberi kuti avatevere. Mushure mekusimbiswa, 23rd Battalion yakazvipira kurwisana muHondo yechipiri yeBullecourt pakutanga kwaMay 1917 mushure mekuedza kwekutanga kutora guta ne4th Australian Division yakakundikana. Ichibudirira mukubata zvinangwa zvayo zvose, yakarwiswa zvakasimba nemauto eGermany, ichitambura nhamba huru yevarwere, kusanganisira varume 100 vakaurayiwa kana vakafa nemaronda vasati vasunungurwa neAustralia 3rd Battalion. Mushure meizvi battalion yakabviswa kubva pamutsetse kusvika kutanga kwaGunyana 1917 pavakaenda kunzvimbo dzakatenderedza Ypres, Belgium, uye vakapinda muHondo yeBroadseinde musi wa4 Gumiguru. Munguva yehondo iyi, 6th Brigade yakanga yakamira kumaodzanyemba kweZonnebeke Lake, uye 23rd Battalion yakarasikirwa nevatatu vakuru uye 101 vamwe varwi vakaurayiwa kana kukuvadzwa, vamwe vacho vakakonzerwa apo chibhakera chakasimba cheGerman chakawira pa kumirira mutsara vasati varwisa. Kunyange zvakadaro, kurwisa kwakatevera, pashure pokukurira kusangana nehurumende yeGermany, 212th, munyika isina munhu, kwakaguma nokubudirira sezvo vaAustralia vakatora gomo racho. 