 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Boka raMurray rechi20 rakatamiswa kubva muDhivhizheni rechi7 kuenda kuDhivhizheni rechi9 musi wa9 Kukadzi 1941. Pasinei nokushayikwa kwokugadzirira, midziyo uye kurovedzwa, 9th yakamanikidzwa kuenda mberi muLibya kunobvisa 6th Division iyo yakanga iri muTobruk. Boka raMurray rechi20 rakapihwa chikamu chekumaodzanyemba kuti chidzivirire uye, musi wa4 Kubvumbi 1941, Erwin Rommels elite Afrika Korps yakasangana neBoka raMurray rechi20 paEr Rigima. VaAustralia vakakwanisa kuvhiringidza kusundira kwaRommel, asi pasinei nokuvanonotsa, simba raRommel rakanga rakakura kwazvo kudzivisa, uye pakupedzisira Murray akamanikidzwa kubvisa 20th kupinda muTobruk pachayo. Musi waApril 14, Rommel akaedza kushandisa mukana wake uye kutora guta racho, asi 20th Brigade yakadzinga maGermany, avo vakawirwa nenjodzi yakakura. Nokuda kwokutungamirira kwake zuva iroro, Murray akapiwa Bar kune Distinguished Service Order yake. 