 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Matthews aipfeka ndebvu dzakatemwa, uye ainzi Duke nemhaka yokufanana kwake mumuviri naPrince Henry, Duke weGloucester. Akanga atumwa somukuru mukuru wezviratidzo we27th Brigade, iyo yakasvika muMalaya muna August. VaAustralia vakaumba rutivi rwegadziriro yokuzvidzivirira iyo yakanga yagadzwa nemhaka yezvinetso zvinokura pamusoro pehondo ingangoitika neJapan. Pasi pehutungamiri hwaBrigadier Duncan Maxwell, brigade yakaendeswa kuJemaluang, sechikamu che8th Division pasi peMajor General Gordon Bennett. Iine mabhirigadi maviri chete, boka racho raiva nebasa rekuchengetedza chikamu chekumabvazuva kweJohore. Bennett akasundira mberi 22nd Brigade yakapoteredza Mersing uye akabata 27th Brigade kumashure senzvimbo yake yekuchengetedza. Muna December 1941 maJapan akapinda muMalaya, uye 27th Brigade yakazvipira kuAllied resistance muMalayan campaign, kunyange zvazvo nhambo dzokutanga dzokurwisana dzaiva kuchamhembe, kure nenzvimbo yebasa reAustralia. 