 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukutanga kwa1942, 24th yakadzokera kuAustralia mukupindura kupinda kweJapan muhondo, uye yakazoita nguva yakareba yemabasa ekudzivirira uye kudzidziswa muDarwin, uyezve kuchamhembe kweQueensland. Nepo zvimwe zvikamu zve6th Division zvakaona chiito muNew Guinea muna 1942-1943, 24th haina kuona kurwa zvakare kusvika kunonoka muhondo, payakazvipira kuAitape Wewak mushandirapamwemukupera kwa 1944, vakarwa muhondo yose yakasara. Pashure pokuguma kwehondo, battalion rakaparadzwa muAustralia muna November 1945. 