 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakutanga kweHondo yePacific guta rechiteshi reRabaul muNew Britain rakadzivirirwa neLark Force, iyo yaisanganisira 222nd Infantry Battalion yakasimbiswa nepfuti dzomumhenderekedzo yegungwa uye boka revabhomba reRAAF rakanga risina zvombo zvakakwana. Nepo Lark Force yaionekwa seisina kukwana nemauto eAustralia, zvaive zvisingaite kuisimbisa pamberi peJapan South Seas Force yakasvika paRabaul musi wa 23 Ndira 1942. Mauto eAustralia akanga ari mashoma nokukurumidza akakurirwauye vakawanda vevakapona vakapa mumavhiki akatevera pashure pehondo yacho. Nhengo shoma dzeLark Force dzakapona muhondo, sezvo vangangoita 130 vakapondwa nemaJapan musi wa4 Kukadzi, uye 1,057 varwi veAustralia nevasungwa vehurumende kubva kuRabaul vakaurayiwa apo ngarava yaivatakura kuenda kuJapan yakanyudzwa neUS submarine musi wa1 Chikunguru 1942. 