 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Vachibva kuPort Tewfik vari mungarava inonzi Nieuw Amsterdam, boka racho rakasvika kuMelbourne mukupera kwaFebruary. Nguva yezororo yakatevera, mushure mekunge brigade yakanyanyiswa kuKairi, Queensland, uko 9th Division yakashandurwa kuva jungle division uye yakatanga kudzidziswa kuti igadzirire kurwa muNew Guinea. Izvi zvaisanganisira kurovedza hondo dzomumvura nepasi dzakapoteredza Cairns uye ipapo Milne Bay muna July naAugust. Mukuvamba kwaSeptember 1943, brigade yakabatanidzwa mumibato yekubata Lae. Boka iri raive muhomwe yekurwisa kwekutanga, kunze kwe2 23rd Battalion iyo yakasvika mushure mekutanga kwekutanga kubva ku20th Brigade; iyo yasara ye26 yakasvika sekutevera-zvinhu uye yakabatana nekufambira mberi pamwe nemhenderekedzo yegungwa yakananga kuLae. Kufambira mberi kwacho kwaive kunononoka, kwakakanganiswa nekuyambuka nzizi dzakawanda uye na15 Gunyana Lae akawira ku7th Division, iyo yakanga yaenderera mberi kubva kuNadzab. Pashure penguva yokuzorora, boka racho rakabatanidzwa mumibato paHuon Peninsula. Sezvo maAustralia akafambira mberi mukati menyika kubva kuFinschhafen, brigade yakarwira zviito zvakakosha paSattelberg neWareo, isati yatamba chinzvimbo chekutsigira panguva yekutyaira paSio. Mushure mokubviswa nemauto eMilitia kubva ku5th Division, brigade yakadzokera kuAustralia kuzorora muna Ndira Kukadzi 1944. 