 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Bhatani racho rakaendeswa kuTenterfield, New South Wales pakutanga kwaMay pashure pokunge vashandi vanobva kuQueensland neNew South Wales vapiwa zororo rokudzokera kumusha. Gare gare mumwedzi wacho, kumwe kutamira kuKilcoy, Queensland, kwakaitika pashure pokunge kurovedza musango kwatanga. Muna August 1942, 212th Battalion yakaendeswa kuBrisbane uko yakatanga kutakura Anshun uye Jacob, yakananga kuNew Guinea. Vakabva vaendeswa kuMilne Bay, uko vakatora chikamu mukurwisa kweAustralia mushure mekumhara kweJapan, izvo zvakaguma nekukundwa kukuru kwekutanga kweJapan kwehondo. Muna October, vachitungamirirwa naLieutenant Colonel Arthur Arnold, battalion yacho yakasarudzwa kuti ipinde muGoodenough Island. Vakatakurwa vari mungarava dzinoparadza HMAS Stuart uye Arunta, pashure pokurwisana kwenguva pfupi battalion yakachengetedza chitsuwa chacho. Pashure pacho vakaramba vari paGoodenough Island kusvikira muna December. Mukupera kwaDecember, vakadzoserwa kuhondo, sezvo 18th Brigade yakatumwa kuBuna., apo 212th yakabudirira kurwisa Giropa Point paZuva reGore Idzva ra1943, pasinei nekurasikirwa nevarume 63 vakaurayiwa uye 122 vakakuvadzwa. Mushure meizvi, battalion yakatora chikamu mune zvimwe zviito zvakapoteredza Sanananda, uko vakatambura vamwe varume 61 vakaurawa mukuita. Kubatanidzwa kwechikwata muhondo kwakatora kusvika mukupera kwaNdira 1943 paakazobviswa kuenda kuSoputa nemugwagwa, ndokuzoenda nendege kuPort Moresby. Mukuvamba kwaMarch, battalion yakadzokera kuAustralia iri mungarava dzinotakura zvinhu Taroona uye Maetsuycker. 