 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pashure pa1940, kushandiswa kweshoko rokuti Militia kurondedzera mauto anoita basa renguva isina kuzara kwakaderera uye pakazosvika 1942 shoko rokuti Citizen Military Forces CMF rakanga rava kushandiswa kakawanda. Gare gare muhondo, Defense Citizen Military Forces Act 1943, ichitaura zviri pamutemo kusangano seCMF, yakapfuudzwa kuti ichinje mutemo kubvumidza kuendeswa kweMilitia kana CMF zvikamu kuAIF, kana 65 muzana kana kupfuura vevashandi vavo vakazvipira kushanda kune dzimwe nyika. Pamusoro pezvo, shanduko muMutemo uyu dzaireva kuti maMilitia mauniti aigona kushanda chero kupi kumaodzanyemba kweEquator muSouth West Pacific Area SWPA, kusanganisa kumadokero kweJava nekuchamhembe kweBorneo, uye semhedzisiro yeizvi, maMilitia mauniti akaona chiito kurwisa mauto eJapan muDutch East Indies, kuMerauke, gare gare muhondo. Pasinei nokuchinja uku, AIF yakaramba iri uto guru reAustralia munguva yehondo uye zvechokwadi nhengo dzinopfuura mazana maviri ezviuru dzeMilitia dzakaendeswa kuAIF munguva yose yehondo. Kunyange zvakadaro, 32 Militia infantry battalions, gare gare yakarongwa kuva matatu Militia divisions 3rd, 5th uye 11th, vakaona basa pamusoro peSouth West Pacific uye vakapinda mumakwikwi anotevera: Salamaua-Lae, Huon Peninsula, Finisterre Range, New Britainuye Bougainville. 