 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakazosvika October, Australia yakanga yadzokera mumvura dzeAustralia. Pakutanga kwemwedzi, cruiser ndiyo chete ngarava yakagoverwa kuTask Force 74, asi akabatanidzwa nemuparadzi musi wa13 Gumiguru, uye ngarava mbiri dzakasvika kuMilne Bay mazuva maviri gare gare, kana zvikaitika kurwiswa kwegungwa kunopinda muguta richangobva kutorwa reFinschhafen. Kurwisa kwakanga kusina kuitika, uye ngarava mbiri idzi dzakaenda kuBrisbane musi wa 21 Gumiguru, uko boka rebasa rakavakwa kusvika kune maviri cruisers uye mana vanoparadza. Ngarava dzacho dzakabva dzaenda kuMilne Bay, kwadzakagara kusvikira dzarayirwa kuti dziende kuPort Purvis paFlorida Island, muSolomon Islands, musi wa11 November kunobatsira Third Fleet pashure pokutanga kwekupinda kweBougainville. Kunyange zvazvo Australia neboka rebasa rakasvika musi wa13 November, vakarayirwa kuti vadzokere kuMilne Bay mazuva maviri gare gare, sezvo chikamu cheUSN cruiser chakanga chasvika. Pana 15 December 1943, Australia neTask Force 74 vakapinda mukumhara paArawe, kupfurikidza kuperekedza simba rokumhara, ipapo kuita bhomba risati rasvika. Australia yakatungamirawo mauto ekuburuka uye ekuperekedza pakumhara paCape Gloucester, ichibva kuMilne Bay manheru emusi wa25 Zvita. Pana 06:00 musi wa 26 Zvita, Australia yakatanga maawa maviri nehafu ekupfura zvigaro pedyo neGloucester airstrip isati yasvika, mushure mezvo akaenda kuBuna, kwaakagara kwegore rose. 