 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 1 June 1944, chikwata chakatumidzwa zita rokuti 1st Armored Regiment. Boka racho rakabva rapedza gore rakatevera racho richidzidziswa, uye panguva iyi rakanga riri kuSouthport, Queensland. Muna Chivabvu 1945, yakatora chikamu mukumhara kweamphibious paBalikpapan mukutsigira 7th Division, ichibatanidzwa mune imwe yemakambani ekupedzisira eAustralia ehondo muBorneo. Kubhururuka kwakaitika musi wa1 Chikunguru 1945 uye kwakanga kwambotangira kubhombwa kwakasimba uye kupfura nemauto emhepo nemauto ehondo eAustralia neUnited States. Vachisvika nepasi neuto revarwi, matangi - kusanganisira matangi matsva akachinjwa anonzi Matilda Frog flamethrower - ainyanya kushanda mumapoka madiki achitsigira mauto, kunyange zvazvo nzvimbo yacho yaipa mukana wekushandisa nzira dzekufamba-famba. Kunyange zvazvo maAustralia akabudirira pakupedzisira, kurasikirwa pakati pevarwi kwaive kwakakomba uye munguva iyi regiment yakabatanidzwa mune dzimwe hondo dzakaoma, neJapan inokwanisa kushandisa zvinobudirira kudzivirirwa kwakasimba kwepanyama pamwe chete neminda yemaminiti uye anti-tank mines kuti vawane kukanganisa kwavo kushaya zvombo zvinopesana nematangi. Nokurwisana kunouya kumhedziso, zvisinei, mabasa etangi akamira musi wa24 Chikunguru. Pamwe chete, kurasikirwa kwakaitwa nehurumende munguva yehondo kwaisanganisira 14 vakafa. 