 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna August naSeptember 1942, Battalion yechi25 yakabatanidzwa muhondo inokosha yeMilne Bay, vachigara ikoko pashure pokudzorera kupindirwa kweJapan. Vakapedza mwedzi mitanhatu yakatevera vachiendeswa ikoko, vasati vadzokera kuPort Moresby muna March 1943. Vakadzokera kuAustralia muna November 1943, vachigadzirisazve paAtherton Tablelands mukuvamba kwa 1944. Nguva yokurovedzwa yakatevera pamberi pechi25 chakatumirwa kuMadang muNew Guinea nokuda kwemamwe mabasa evarwi. MunaNovember, sechikamu che3rd Division, battalion yakazvipira kuBougainville Campaign uko maAustralia akatora kubva kumauto eAmerica ayo akange amborwisa mushandirapamwe wekudzivirira. Bhatani re25 gare gare rakatora rutivi muzviito zvakawanda zvinokosha sezvo vaAustralia vakaenda kunorwisa. Zviito izvi zvaisanganisira Hondo yePearl Ridge muna Zvita 1944 munzvimbo yepakati yechitsuwa uyezve Hondo yeSlaters Knoll muna Kubvumbi mushure mekunge 7th Brigade yaendeswa kumaodzanyemba kuenda kunhare yeJapan muBuen. Nokuda kwezviito zvake mukati mokurwisana kwakapoteredza Slaters Knoll, imwe nhengo ye25th Battalion, Corporal Reginald Rattey, yakagamuchira Victoria Cross. Pashure pokurwisana kwakapoteredza Slaters Knoll, 25th Battalion haina kuzotambazve rutivi mukurwisana hondo isati yasvika munaAugust sezvo 7th Brigade yakasunungurwa ne15th. 