 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Rockhampton akatanga basa rake somuperekedzi wengarava pamhenderekedzo yegungwa yokumabvazuva kweAustralia. Kutevera nhevedzano yekurwiswa nezvikepe zvepasi pevhu zveJapankumhenderekedzo yegungwa yokumabvazuva kweAustralia, gadziriro yemarori yakatangwa. Rockhampton ndokuperekedza konvo yokutanga kubva kuSydney kuenda kuBrisbane. Ngarava yacho yakaramba iri mubasa iri kusvikira muna January 1944, apo yakatanga kuperekedza ngoro dzaienda kuNew Guinea. Akaita refit muSydney muna April naMay 1944, asati adzokera kunofambisa mabasa muNew Guinea mvura. Rockhampton yakashanda mumvura dzeAustralia neNew Guinea kusvikira pakapera Hondo Yenyika II. 