 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yekusavapo kwaBlamey kuGreece, maAIF mauto akapararira zvakanyanya, nemauto akaendeswa kuCyprus, uye 9th Division ne18th Infantry Brigade yakavharirwa muTobruk. Blamey aizopedza gore rakasara achiedza kuunganidzazve mauto ake. Izvi zvakatungamirira kukakavadzana naAuchinleck pamusoro pekusunungurwa kweTobruk, uko Blamey akagamuchira zano raBurston rokuti mauto eAustralia aifanira kusunungurwa pamusana pezvikonzero zvehutano. Menzies, uye gare gare mutsivi wake, John Curtin, vakatsigira Blamey, uye Auchinleck naChurchill vakamanikidzwa kupa nzira zvichiguma nokusunungurwa kwemauto mazhinji eAustralia neBritish 70th Division. Nokuda kwemishandirapamwe yake kuMiddle East, Blamey akaitwa Knight Commander weOrder of the Bath musi wa 1 January 1942. Akataurwa muMashoko kwenguva yechisere, uye akapiwa ChiGiriki Hondo Cross, Kirasi Yokutanga. 