 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukutanga kwaMarch 1942, Battalion yechi19, pamwe chete navamwe vose ve2nd New Zealand Division, vakaendeswa kuSyria kuzodzivirira kurwisa kunobvira kwechiGermany kuburikidza neTurkey paminda yemafuta kuMiddle East. Yakavakirwa paZabboud, battalion yakagadzirirwa kushanda pakugadzirira kudzivirirwa kunofukidza nzira dzinoenda kumaodzanyemba. Pakazosvika June, nzvimbo dzokuzvidzivirira dzakanga dzapera uye varwi vakawanda vebhatiyoni vakapiwa zororo rokuona nzvimbo. Ipapo, pashure pokurwiswa kweGazala Line yeEighth ArmynePanzer Army Africa, 2nd New Zealand Division yakadzoswa kuLibya. Yakatanga rwendo rwayo kubva kuSyria musi wa 17 June. 