 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mwedzi miviri yezororo yakatevera nokuda kwavashandi veboka racho, pashure pacho rakaunganidzwa paRavenshoe, muQueensland. Pano 1st Australian Corps yakabatanidzwa pamwe chete ndokudzorerwa kugadzirira mabasa emangwana. Panguva iyi muhondo, basa remauto eAustralia muPacific rakanga ratorwa nemauto eU.S., uye pakanga paine mikana mishoma yekurwa kwemauto eAustralia mumakore ekupedzisira ehondo muPacific. Somugumisiro, nguva refu yokurovedza yakatevera, uye kwakanga kusati kuri kutozosvikira mwedzi yokupedzisira yehondo iyo 24th Brigade yakashandiswa zvakare, apo vakazvipira kuchengetedza Borneo. Mukati meiyi nhimbe, 24th Brigade yakapihwa basa rekumhara paLabuan, sechikamu chehondo yakakura yeNorth Borneo, kuitira kuti vawane nzvimbo yokuisa zvikepe muBrunei Bay nokuda kweBritish Pacific Fleet. 