 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Lae akawira nokukurumidza kupfuura zvaifungidzirwa uye maAllies akafamba nokukurumidza kuti asimbise, achitumira 9th Division kuchengetedza Huon Peninsulapakupera kwaSeptember. Munguva yekumhara kwekutanga paScarlet Beach, kambani imwe chete kubva ku2 2nd yakaiswa C Kambani mukutsigira 20th Brigade. Pakutanga, boka racho raiva nomutoro wokudzivirira pamahombekombe akapoteredza Scarlet Beach, asi sezvo vaAustralia vakapararira ndokufambira mberi kumaodzanyemba uko kurwisa kweJapan kwakasimbiswa, varwi vemapfuti vakatanga kufamba-famba vachipfuura kuchamhembe nokumadokero. Apo Finschhafen yakanga yachengetedzwa mukuvamba kwaOctober, vaAustralia vakawedzera ukuru hweuto ravo kumhenderekedzo yegungwa, vachiendesa 24th Brigade, uye pamwe chete nayo, vamwe vose ve22nd Machine Gun Battalion. Mushure meizvi, battalion yakaumba chikamu chikuru chechikamu chekuchengetedza, ichiita mabasa ekushanda uye kuchengetedza chengetedzo yekufambisa yekurwisa kana zvichidikanwa. MunaNovember, apo 26th Brigade yakarwisa Sattelberg, pfuti dzemuchina dzeB Company dzakashandiswa mukuita basa rekurwisa kekutanga panguva yemushandirapamwe. Mushure mekudonha kweSattelberg, zvikamu zvebattalion zvakatsigira kufambira mberi kuWareo vasati vatsigira kufambira mberi kwakatevera kuSio sezvo maAustralia akatevera maJapan akadzokera. Mukati meDecember, A Kambani yakaparadzaniswa mukutsigira Militia 4th Brigade, pamberi pe20th Brigade yakatangazve kutungamira, ichienda kuSio pakati paJanuary 1944. Bhatani racho rakaramba riri muNew Guinea kusvika pakupera kwaFebruary, richidurura ngarava, risati ratanga kutakura Seasnipe musi wa25 Kukadzi sezvo 9th Division yakasunungurwa ne5th ndokuendeswa kuAustralia kuzorora nekugadzirisazve. Pashure porwendo ruduku, 22 yakasvika muBrisbane mukuvamba kwaMarch 1944. Kurasikirwa kwose kwakaitwa nebato racho muNew Guinea kwakanga kuri 12 vakafa uye 53 vakakuvadzwa. 