 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakati paGunyana 1942, 16th Brigade, pasi pekutungamira kwaBrigadier John Lloyd, uye zvimwe zvikamu zvechikamu zvakatumirwa kuNew Guinea kunosimbisa nekusunungura Militia 30th Brigade uye zvikamu zve7th Division izvo zvaive zvichirwisa chiito chakashata chekubata paKokoda Track kubva muna Chikunguru. Kusvika panguva iyoyo, hondo iyi yakanga yaumbwa nenhevedzano yehondo dzakarwiwa munzira mushure mekunge maJapan asvika kuBuna ndokusundira kumaodzanyemba akananga kuPort Moresby, asi vakaongororwa kuIoribaiwa. Mahofisi makuru echikwata akavhurwa muPort Moresby musi wa19 Gunyana uye 16th Brigade yakasvika mazuva matatu gare gare; 17th Brigade yakatumirwa kuMilne Bay, kuzobvisa 18th Brigade zvichitevera chiitiko chakabudirira chekudziviriravakanga varwa pakutanga kwomwedzi wacho. Sezvo vaJapan, vasvika pamuganhu wemitsetse yavo yokugovera, vakatanga kubvisa kubva kuIoribaiwa, vaAustralia vakaenda kunorwisa, vachivatevera vachidzokera kuchamhembe vakananga kuBuna. 