 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Vachishandurwa kuva masangano emumapoka emusango pakudzokera kwavo kuAustralia, mapoka emauto eDhivhizheni yechi9 akarongwazve kuti avagadzirire kuomesa hondo yemumapoka emusango. Izvi zvakaita kuti masangano avo adzikire kusvika kuvarume 800, uye kurasikirwa nemidziyo yavo yakawanda nemidziyo inorema. Mushure mekudzidziswa kuAtherton Tablelands muQueensland, battalion yakaendeswa kuNew Guinea uko yakabatanidzwa muSalamauaLae neHuon Peninsula campaignMuna 1943 na1944. Munguva iyi, mushure mekuisa pfungwa paMilne Bay muna Nyamavhuvhu 1943, iyo 217th yaibatanidzwa mukutanga kumhara kwemuchadenga kunoitwa nevarwi veAustralia kubvira pakumhara paAnzac Cove yaApril 25, 1915, paakatora chikamu pakumhara paLae sechikamu cheOperation Postern musi wa4 Gunyana 1943. Lae yakakurumidza kuwira kupfuura zvaitarisirwa nevakanga varonga hondo dzeAllied, uye somugumisiro, basa rokukurumidzira rakakurumidza kurongwa kuchengetedza Huon Peninsula. Musi wa22 Gunyana, battalion yakasvika paScarlet Beach uye, yakapiwa basa rekuchengetedza beachhead uye flank, yakaenderera mberi kuenda mukati menyika yakananga kuSattelberg sechikamu chekuedza kutora Finschhafen. Kuwana nzira yavo yakavharwa, bataiyoni yakazotora chikamu mune zviitiko zvakakosha zvakapoteredza Jivevaneng neKumawa, uyezve, mushure mekunge Sattelberg apedzisira awira, kutyaira akananga Sio. Kurasikirwa kwebattalion panguva iyi kwakasvika ku53 vakaurayiwa muhondo, 10 vakafa nemaronda, vashanu vakafa netsaona, uye 160 vakakuvara muhondo. 