 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakazosvika April 1942, pamwe chete nevatsigiri vechikwata vaidiwa zvikuru, mashanu emakorvettes akavakwa neAustralia kusanganisira Bendigo akagoverwa kuNzvimbo yeANZAC yakafukidza nzira dzokumabvazuva kuAustralia, nzvimbo iyo yakazorongwazve munguva pfupi gare gare muNzvimbo itsva yeSouthwest Pacific. Basa raiitwa panguva iyi raisanganisira basa rokutakura ngarava dzehondo panguva yairwiswa ngarava dzepasi pemvura dzeJapan kumahombekombe ekumabvazuva kweAustralia. Pakazosvika September 1942, muzvivakwa zvePort Moresby neMilne Bay muNew Guinea vachiperekedza makondirakiti uye vachipa anti-submarine patrol. Munguva yeOperation Lilliput, makondirakiti madiki kubva kuMilne Bay kuenda kuOro Bay achitsigira mushandirapamwe paBuna-Gona, iye akanga achipa escort nokuda kwechikepe cheDutch musi wa 8 March 1943 apo ngarava iyoyo yakauya pasi pekurwiswa kwemhepo uye yakanyura ne Bendigo ichiponesa vapukunyuki. MuOperation Accountant, kuedza panguva imwe chete neLilliput kutamisa United States 162nd Infantry Regiment kubva kuAustralia kuenda kuNew Guinea kumberi, ngarava iyi yaive imwe yemakorvheti mana aibatanidzwa muNew Guinea chikamu chechikamu. Bendigo uye HMAS Moresby vakanga vachiperekedza mutyairi OC-86 kubva kuMelbourne kuenda kuNewcastle panguva ye 11 April 1943 kurwisa umo ngarava inotakura zvinhu Recina yakanyura iyo yakaratidza kutangazve kwebasa re submarine mushure mokunge. 