 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Bhatani rechi 19 rakaumbwa muNew Zealand muna 1939 pasi pomutungamiriri waLieutenant Colonel J. S. Varnham. Pashure penguva yokurovedzwa yakatanga kuenda kuMiddle East ndokuzoenda kuGreece muna 1941 sechikamu che2nd New Zealand Division. Rakabatanidzwa muHondo dzeGirisi uye gare gare muKrete. Yakadzingwa muKrete, yakabva yarwa muNorth Africa Campaign uye yakarasikirwa zvikuru panguva yeOperation Crusader. Yakadzoserwa kumasimba, battalion yakatora chikamu mukuputsika kwe2nd New Zealand Division kubva kuMinqar Qaim muna Chikumi 1942, kwayakanga yakakomberedzwa ne21st Panzer Division. Mwedzi wakatevera, battalion yakarasikirwa zvikuru muhondo yekutanga yeEl Alamein. 