 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mapoka mashanu ehondo dzevarwi veAIF akaona chiito muFrance neBelgium, achisiya Ijipiti muna Kurume 1916. I ANZAC Corps yakazotora nzvimbo munzvimbo yakanyarara kumaodzanyemba kweArmentieres musi wa 7 Kubvumbi 1916 uye kwemakore maviri nehafu anotevera AIF yakatora chikamu muhondo huru dzeWestern Front, ichiwana mukurumbira unoshamisa. Kunyange zvazvo vakapukunyuka pazuva rokutanga rinoparadza reHondo yeSomme, mumavhiki mashomanene mapoka mana eAustralia akanga apinda muhondo. Chikamu chechishanu, chakamira kuruboshwe, ndicho chakatanga kushanda muhondo yeFromelles musi wa19 Chikunguru 1916, ichirwadziwa nekurasikirwa nevanhu zviuru zvishanu nemazana mashanu nemakumi matatu nevatatu pazuva rimwe chete. 1st Division yakapinda mumutsara musi wa 23 Chikunguru, ichirwisa Pozieres, uye panguva iyo vakazorodzwa ne2nd Division musi wa27 Chikunguru, vakanga vatambura 5,286 vakakuvara. Mouquet Farm yakarwiswa muna August, nevakafa vanosvika varume 6.300. Pakazosvika nguva iyo AIF yakabviswa muSomme kuti igadziriswezve, vakanga vafirwa 23 000 mumazuva 45 chete. 