 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Vachipfuura nomuColombo uko mauto akapiwa zororo pfupi pamhenderekedzo yegungwa, Stratheden yakapinda muSuez Canal pakati paDecember 1940. Pakusvika kuMiddle East, battalion yakagara kwenguva pfupi musasa paEl Kantara, isati yaenda kuDimra, muPalestine. PaDimra, battalion yakabatana nevamwe vose ve26th Brigade kwenguva yokutanga, uye yakatanga kudzidziswazve kusvikira muna March 1941. Panguva ino, yakaenda kuCyrenica, pamwe chete nedzimwe nhengo dze9th Division, kuti iite kudzidziswazve murenje uye kubvisa 6th Division iyo yakanga ichiendeswa kuGreece. Nokukurumidza pashure peizvi, maGermany akaburitsa mauto muAfrica kuti asimbise maItaly uye sezvo Axis yakaenderera mberi nekurwisa, mauto eBritish neCommonwealth muLibya akamanikidzwa kubva kuBenghazi kuenda kuguta rechiteshi rinokosha reTobruk. Mukutanga kwaApril, 248th yakadzokera shure sechikamu chekudzokera shure, ichigadzira nzvimbo yekuvhara yakakomberedza Tmimi panguva yekubva kuti vadzivise simba reGerman kudimbura nzira yedhipatimendi munzira yegungwa. Pashure pemazuva masere okufamba-famba murenje, uto racho rakasvika pachiteshi chengarava. Gare gare vakatora rutivi mukudzivirira Tobruk, uko bataiyoni yakaona chiito chayo chekutanga cheNorth Africa Campaign iyo yaizogamuchira imwe yekukudzwa kwayo kwakawanda muhondo. 