 Kurwisana kwakatenderedza Tel el Eisa kwaive kupindira kwekupedzisira kwe213th mukurwisana muNorth Africa sezvo 9th Division yakadzoserwa kuAustralia kutanga kwa1943 kuti itore chikamu mukurwisana nemaJapan muPacific, ichibatanidza mamwe maviri 2nd AIF zvikamu 6th uye 7th iyo yakanga yaendeswa kumashure gore rakapfuura. Vachibva muEgipita muna January 1943 vari mungarava inonzi Acquitania, 213th yakasvika muSydney mwedzi wakatevera. Vashandi vebato vakapiwa nguva yakareba yekusiya basa, vasati vaunganidzwazve kuAtherton Tablelands, muQueensland, kwavakagadziriswazve kuti varwe muhondo yemusango uye vakatanga kudzidzira amphibious. Basa rayo rokurwisa rakatevera rakauya mukutanga kwaSeptember 1943, apo 9th Division yakabatanidzwa mukurwiswa kwemaviri paLae, pamwe chete ne7th Division, ne9th ichiita amphibious landingkumabvazuva kweguta apo 7th yakafambira mberi nomunyika kubva kuNadzab. Pashure pokubva kuCairns mukupera kwaJuly, battalion yacho yakabva kuMilne Bay. Munguva yekumhara, 213th yakapiwa basa rekuuya kumahombekombe pa Yellow Beach, uye ndokuzochengetedza beachhead yekutevera mauto; yakazotumira mapurisa kuti abatanidze ne215th Battalion uye kuchengetedza rutivi rworudyi pamberi pekutanga kwekutanga kumadokero kwakatanga. 