 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Bhatani racho rakabviswa muTobruk muna Gumiguru 1941 parakabviswa nemauto ePoland. Nguva yekugadzirisazve muPalestine yakatevera pamberi pe2 23rd yakatumirwa kuSyria muna Ndira 1942 kuti itore mabasa evarindi. Ikoku kwakaguma muna June 1942, apo 9th Division yakakurumidza kuendeswa kuEgipita kuti ibatsire kusimbisa mauto eAllied akarwa akapoteredza El Alamein. 223 yakazotora chikamu muHondo yekutanga neyechipiri yeEl Alamein.Zviito zvaro zvakakosha zvakauya zvakapoteredza Tel el Eisa nebato racho rakatangisa kurwisa kukuru kaviri, imwe pamutsetse muna Chikunguru uye imwe kuchengetedza mugwagwa kumadokero kwemutsetse muna Gumiguru. Kurwiswa kwese kwakatungamira mukurasikirwa kwakanyanya, nekurasikirwa kwebhati iri kwakatenderedza mazana mana muhuwandu; zvisinei, zvese zvakakonzera zvimwe zviwanikwa zvemauto bhati risati raburitswa musi wa1 Mbudzi 1942, apo 24th Brigade yakazorodza yechi26. Lieutenant Colonel Reg Wall akatora mutungamiri webato panguva ino, mushure mokunge Evans akasimudzirwa kuva brigadier kuti atore 24th Brigade. 