 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Boka rechi 17 rakarayirwa kuti ridzokere kumusha uye pashure penguva yakati rakarindwa muCeylon Sri Lanka, rakasvika muAustralia muna August 1942. Boka rechi 17 rakaendeswa kuMilne Bay, Papua muna October. 17th Brigade yakaendeswa nendege kuWau, New Guinea muna Ndira 1943, ndokutora chikamu muHondo yeWau, uko uto reJapan raipikisa rakarasikirwa zvikuru. Nokuda kwezviito zvake, Moten akapiwa Bar kune Distinguished Service Order yake. Boka re 17th Brigade rakaramba kurwisa kweJapan paMubo neLababia Ridge uye zvichitevera kutorwa kweKomiatum neGomo reTambu muna Nyamavhuvhu, Moten akagadzwa Commander weOrder yeBritish Empire uye zvakare ataurwa mumatumwa. 17th Brigade yakadzokera kuAustralia kuzorora uye kuunganidzazve uye gare gare yakadzokera kuNew Guinea kweAitape Wewak mushandirapamwe. Moten akatora mutungamiri we6th Division kubva muna 18 November 1945. 