 Kunyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekurongazve muEjipitori, kwayakashandiswa kwenguva pfupi kudzivirira Suez Canal kurwisa kweOttoman kusati kwambouya, 1st Division yakaendeswa kuFrance pakati paMarch. Vasvika muMarseilles, vakaendeswa nechitima kuchamhembe kweFrance uko kwakatanga kutumirwa kunzvimbo yakanyarara kumaodzanyemba kweArmentières kuti vajairane nemamiriro ezvinhu eWestern Front. Chikamu chacho chakanga chisingafungidzirwi kuva chakagadzirira kuti chibatanidzwe mukurwisana pakutanga kwekurwisa paSommemukuvamba kwaJuly, asi sezvo kwakatora nguva refu ndakatumirwa kuAnzac kunobatana neBritish Reserve Army yaLieutenant General Hubert Gough uyo aida kushandisa mapoka eAustralia kutora musha wePozières. Walker akaramba nhamburiko dzaGough dzokupinza 1st Division muhondo isina kugadzirira, achisimbirira pakugadzirira kwakanyatsonaka. Apo 1st Division yakarwisa nguva pfupi yapfuura pakati peusiku musi wa 23 Chikunguru, yakabudirira kutora hafu yemusha asi yakakundikana kufambira mberi mumugwagwa weGermany wepedyo. Mushure mokutsungirira kuputika kukuru kweGermany, kwakapfuura chero chinhu chipi zvacho chakambotambudzwa neAustralia unit, 1st Division yakadzorerwa, ichitambura 5,285 vakafa, uye yakatsiviwa neAustralia 2nd Division. 