 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - 220th Battalion yaiva battalion yevarwi veAustralia. Yakasimudzwa pakati pa1940 sechikamu che8th Division, battalion yakanyoreswa kubva kuChipiri cheAustralia Imperial Force vanozvipira vakatorwa kubva mudunhu reNew South Wales. Mukutanga kwa1941, 220th Battalion yakaendeswa kuMalaya, kwavakaumba chikamu chevarindi ikoko kusvika muna Zvita apo maJapan vakapinda. Bhatani racho rakazorwa hondo pfupikumhenderekedzo yokumabvazuva yeMalay Peninsula isati yadzorerwa kuSingapore pakuvamba kwa1942. Vakanga vakabatikana zvikuru pashure pokunge maJapan asvika pachitsuwa chacho, uye pakupedzisira vakabatwa pashure pokuwa kweSingapore. Nhengo zhinji dzeboka racho dzakaitwa nhapwa dzehondo, uye vakawanda vakafira muutapwa. 