 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yese yekutanga kweHondo Yenyika Yechipiri, 28th Battalion yakaita nguva pfupi yebasa risingagumi, ichipa kudzidziswa kune vatsva vakanyoreswa zvichitevera kudzoreredzwa kwekunyoreswa muna Ndira 1940 kuvandudza kugadzirira kwenyika. Zvirongwa zve Defense Act zvairambidza maMilitia kuti atumirwe kunze kwenzvimbo yeAustralia kunorwa, saka vazhinji vevashandi vebato vakazvipira kushanda muChipiri cheAustralia Imperial Force 2nd AIF. Mushure mekupinda kweJapan muhondo, zvikamu zve13th Brigade zvakaunganidzwa kuti zviite basa renguva yakazara uye zvakamanikidzwa kudzivirira imba neIII Corps, vachiita mabasa evarindi kuti vadzivirire Western Australia pakurwiswa. Apo tyisidziro iyoyo yakapfuura, vakatamira kuNorthern Territory, uye Battalion yechi 28 yakazvisimbisa yakapoteredza 49-Mile Creek. Pakupera kwehondo, 13th Brigade yakatumirwazve kubva ku4th Division kuenda ku5th, uye muna November 1944 vakazvipira kuNew Britain campaign, vakamhara paJacquinot Bay mwedzi wakatevera uye gare gare vakazvisimbisa pachavo pedyo neWaitavalo. Kubvira ipapo kusvikira pakuguma kwehondo muna August 1945, 28th yakabatanidzwa mumushandirapamwe wokudzivirira mauto makuru eJapan pachitsuwa ichi, sezvo vaAustralia vakaedza kuvapedza kuGazelle Peninsula neRabaul. Vane 28 vakachengeta purogiramu yokurinda nomusango, asi vakaita kurukurirano shomanene navaJapan. Pashure pehondo, battalion yacho yakaramba iri pachitsuwa ichi ichibata vasungwa vehondo vokuJapan kusvikira vadzoserwa kuAustralia muna January 1946. Vakaparadzwa mwedzi miviri gare gare sorutivi rwomutoo wokubvisa vanhu muchiuto. Muhondo yose, 28th yakarasikirwa nevarume vatanhatu vakaurawa mubasa rinoshanda uye mumwe akakuvara. Yakagamuchira imwe hondo yekuremekedza basa rayo muna 1961, asi yakavimbiswawo ne16 hondo yekuremekedza yakapihwa kune 2nd AIFs a href228th20Battalion2028Australia29228th Battaliona. 