 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukati menguva yepakati pehondo, Canal Brigade yakanga yaumbwa kudzivirira Suez Canal. Mushure mekutanga kweHondo Yenyika Yechipiri, brigade yakatumidzwazve se23rd Infantry Brigade musi wa20 Gunyana 1939. Yakanga yakapararira munharaunda yemugwagwa, uye yakava chikamu cheHQ Canal sub-Area mauto. Muna Chivabvu 1941, brigade rakagadzirwazve kuti riite chikamu muSyria-Lebanon Campaign, muna Chikumi naChikunguru 1941, sechikamu che6th Infantry Division. Muna Gumiguru 1941, 6th Infantry Division yakasarudzwazve se 70th Infantry Division. The divisio, kusanganisira brigade, uye yakaendeswa kuTobruk kunobvisa 9th Australian Infantry Division. Sechikamu chevarwi veTobruk, brigade yakabatsira kudzivirira maAxis mauto aRommel kudzamara kukombwa kwapedzwapakupera kwegore mukati meOperation Crusader. 