 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna February 1942, pamwe chete neruzhinji rwe2nd AIF, 29th yakabviswa kuAustralia mukupindura kutyisidzira kwakakonzerwa nekupinda kweJapan muhondo zvichitevera kurwiswa kwePearl Harbor neMalaya. Achidzoka achipfuura neBombay neColombo, 29th yakasvika muAustralia, ichidzika muPort Adelaide, South Australia, muna March 1942 uye kubva ipapo yakaenderera mberi kumusasa muSandy Creek, pedyo neGawler. Bhatani racho rakaramba riri ikoko kusvikira muna April apo rakaendeswa kuTenterfield, New South Wales, uyezve kuKilcoy, Queensland, uko kwakarovedzwa risati raenda mhiri kwemakungwa. Panguva ino, mamiriro ezvinhu ehondo muPacific akanga akaenzana zvakakwana. Muna July, vaJapan vakanga vasvika kumhenderekedzo yegungwa yokuchamhembe yeNew Guinea uye vakanga vatanga kufambira mberi vachitevedza Kokoda Track vakananga kuPort Moresby, pakati pokurwisana kwakasimba. Musi wa 6 Nyamavhuvhu 1942, murayiro wekutumira wakauya uye bataiyoni yakatanga kubva kuBrisbane pamwe chete nevamwe vese ve18th Brigade, vakananga kuMilne Bay muNew Guinea uko 29th yakasvika musi wa 21 Nyamavhuvhu kubatsira kusimbisa varwi ipapo, nekuda kwekunetseka pamusoro pekugona kweJapan kumhara ikoko kuchengetedza nhandare dzendege dziri pedyo. 