 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakati paAugust 1942, battalion yechi 227 yakaendeswa kuNew Guinea, uko maJapan aityisidzira kutora Port Moresby, zvichitevera kumhara pedyo neBuna muna July. Pashure pokutanga kuchengetwa shure paPort Moresby vari reserved sezvo Hondo Milne Bayyakarwa, mukutanga kwaGunyana 1942, pakukwirira kweKokoda Track mushandirapamwe, iyo 227th yakaenda kuchamhembe yakananga kuKokoda Track, ichibatanidza Brigadier Arnold Potts Maroubra Force. Zvichitevera kunonoka zviito zvakapoteredza Isurava, maAustralia akange amanikidzwa kuti adzokere kumaodzanyemba munzira, uye mukuyedza kudzora kufambira mberi kweJapan, musi wa6 Gunyana 227th, seyakanyanya kutsva yezvikamu zve21st Brigade, yakazvipira kurwa, ichitora chinzvimbo chekudzivirira paMission Ridge, kuchamhembe kwechiso cheBrigade Hill. Kwemazuva maviri akatevera, battalion iyi yakadzivisa kurwiswa nechemberi nebato reJapan, asi semhedzisiro yekufamba kwepadivi kudzoserwa kuMenari kwakarairwa uye 214th uye 216th Mabattalion akadzoka, vachisiya vakakuvadzwa ne227th, avo vakaumba brigade rearguard. Mushure mokunge B uye C Makambani vatanga kupfupisa, asi kubudirira kwekurwisa kwemunharaunda, 227th yakakwanisawo kuputsa kuonana. NechiJapan chichimanikidza zvakaoma, Potts akarayira kumwe kubviswa kubva kuMenari pamberi pe2 27th isati yasvika, ichinyatsovaparadzanisa kubva kune vamwe vese veboka. Kwemavhiki maviri akatevera, 227th vakarwa nomumasango, vachitakura vakakuvadzwa vavo, kuti vawanezve kubatana nemapoka anotsigira, pakupedzisira vachibatana navo paJawarere musi wa22 Gunyana. 