 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga zvaifungidzirwa kuti batachoni raizomhara kuMiddle East; zvisinei, mamiriro ehurongwa muEurope panguva iyoyo zvakakonzera kuti riendeswe kuUnited Kingdom uko raive chikamu chemupiro weAustralia pakudzivirira chitsuwa panguva yaiita sekupinda. Apo iyi tyisidziro yakapfuura, 212th yakatumirwa kuNorth Africa, uye muna 1941 yakabatanidzwa mukudzivirira Tobrukuye akabva aita basa rokurinda muSiriya, asati adzokera kuAustralia kutanga kwa1942. MunaAugust 1942, battalion yakarwisana muHondo yeMilne Bay, ichidzosera mauto ekuJapan ikoko, vasati vatora Goodenough Island vasati vadzokera kuAustralia kutanga kwa1943. 212th yakadzokera kuNew Guinea muna Nyamavhuvhu 1943, uye yakazotora chikamu mumushandirapamwe weFinisterre Range kusvika kutanga kwa1944. Hondo yaro yokupedzisira yakauya pakati pa1945 apo yakanga yakazvipira kutorazve Borneo, ichidzika paBalikpapan muna July 1945. Yakaparadzwa muna January 1946. 