 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mabhatani matatu akawedzerwa evashandi vomumigwagwa akamirira maJapan aifambira mberi ari muchikamu chakatenderedza kuchamhembe kweAustralia: Sparrow Force paTimor, Gull Force paAmbon uye Lark Force paNew Britain. Aya mauto eshiri akakurirwa: pakutanga kwa1942, Lark Force yakakundwa muHondo yeRabaul 1942 uye Gull Force yakapa muHondo yeAmbonuye kupfurikidza 19423, Sparrow Force yakabatanidzwa mumushandirapamwe wenguva refu wokurwisana muHondo yeTimor. Nhapwa dzehondo dzeAustralia dzakatapwa dzakatambura kubatwa zvisina kunaka kwakakomba muPacific Theatre. Varume vanenge 160 veLark Force vakaurayiwa nemabhayoneti mushure mekubatwa paToll Plantation, ukuwo 300 veGull Force vakaurayiwa muLaha Massacre uye 75 yevamwe vavo vakafa nekuda kwekubatwa zvisina kunaka uye mamiriro avo ekuvharirwa. Muna 1943, 2,815 Australian Pows vakafa vachivaka Japans Burma-Thailand Railway Muna 1944, maJapan akaita Sandakan Death March pa2,000 maAustralia nemaBritish vasungwa vehondo 6 chete vakapona. Uku kwakanga kuri kuparwa kwakaipa zvikurusa kwehondo kwakaitirwa vaAustralia muhondo. 