 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - 217th Battalion yaiva battalion yevarwi veAustralia. Yakakwidziridzwa muna Kubvumbi 1940 muNew South Wales, yakaumba chikamu che20th Brigade, uye yakazopedzisira yagoverwa ku9th Division. Pashure pokupedza rovedzo yokutanga muAustralia, boka racho rakatumirwa kuMiddle East. Pakuvamba muna 1941, yakabatanidzwa mukurwisana paTobruk, ichidzivirira chiteshi kusvikira yazorodzwa. Nguva yebasa revarindi yakatevera muSyria neLebanon pamberi pebato iri rakatora chikamu muHondo yekutanga neyechipiri yeEl Alameinpakati pa1942. Sezvo kutarisisa kwemauto eAustralia kwakachinjirwa kuPacific theatre kurwisa maJapan, 217th Battalion yakadzokera kuAustralia kutanga kwa1943. 