 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Mushure mekupedza kurwa muSyria, 22nd Pioneers yakaita basa rekudzidzisa uye rekuchengetedza nzvimbo pakati penzvimbo dzinoverengeka kusanganisira Damour, Tripoli, Fort Legout, uyezve Qatana. Muna 1942, pashure pokupinda kweJapan muhondo, 22 yakarayirwa kudzokera kuAustralia, ichitanga ngarava yevarwi Orcades. Vari munzira, zvisinei, vakatsauswa, pamwe chete nezvimwe zvikamu zve7th Division kuti vadzivirire Javavachirwisa maJapan, vachidzika ikoko mukupera kwaFebruary 1942 uye vachibatanidzwa neBlackforce vachitungamirirwa naBrigadier Arthur Blackburn. Ikoko, panguva yeDutch East Indies mushandirapamwe, 22nd Pioneers vakatora chikamu muchidimbu, asi chakashata chibvumirano vasati varayirwa kuti vazviise pasi; nhamba huru yevashandi ve22nd yakabatwa varume vanopfuura mazana masere avo 258 vakazofa mukutapwa. Vakatumirwa kumativi ose okumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweAsia, varume vacho vakashandiswa sevashandi vanomanikidzwa panjanji yeBurma-Thailand, uye mumisasa paJava neBorneo. 