 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukupera kwa 1941, pashure pokurwisa kweJapan paPearl Harbor nokupinda muMalaya, battalion yakadanwa nokuda kwebasa rehondo renguva yakazara. Pakutanga, vaishandiswa kuvaka uye murume kuzvidzivirira munzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana kumativi Victoria, zvisinei, gare gare ivo vakaendeswa kuWestern Australia apo vakava chikamu 6th Brigade. Pakazosvika pakati pa1942, zvisinei, pamusana pekushomeka kwevashandi kwakaitika muhupfumi hweAustralia semhedzisiro yekunyanyisa kuunganidzwa kwemauto ayo, hurumende yeAustralia yakafunga kuputsa huwandu hwezvikamu zveMilitia kusunungura vashandi vavo kuti vadzokere kuvashandi vehurumende. Somugumisiro, muna September 1942, paGeraldton, 14th Battalion yakabatanidzwa ne32nd Battalion, kuti ive a href14th32nd20Battalion2028Australia2914th32nd Battaliona. 