 Nekubuda kweHondo Yenyika Yechipiri zvakare hurumende yakaita chisarudzo chekuumba mauto ekune dzimwe nyika ari kunze kwemapoka eMilitia akambovapo. Kuitira kuchengetedza kugona kweHondo kudzivirira Australia kana Japan ikapinda muhondo, zvakasarudzwa zvakare kudzikisira huwandu hwevarwi vanobvumidzwa kunyoresa muChipiri cheAustralia Imperial Force 2nd AIF kusvika pachikamu chimwe chete muzvikamu zvina. Nepo zvikamu zve2nd AIF zvakatumirwa mhiri kwemakungwa kuEngland, North Africa neMiddle East, mauto akaramba ari muAustralia kuti aite mabasa akasiyana-siyana ekuchengetedza uye kudzidziswa kuitira kuti awedzere kugadzirira kwenyika. Zvichitevera kupinda kweJapan muhondo muna Zvita 1941 izvi zvakachinja uye mukati megore ra1942-1945, maMilitia mazhinji akaunganidzwa ndokuendeswa kunorwa muNew Guinea, New BritainBougainville neBorneo. Chero zvazvingava, varwi vanodarika 207 000 vakachinjwa kubva kuMilitia kuenda kuAIF munguva yehondo. Somuuyo waikoku, nokushomeka kwakakomba kwevashandi kwakasangana nehupfumi hweAustralia kubva muna October 1942 zvichienda mberi mabhatani masere eMilitia akaparadzwa apo mamwe gumi nerimwe akaparadzaniswa uye vashandi vavo vakagoverwa kune mamwe mauniti. 1st45th Battalion yakanga iri imwe yemabhatiri ayo akaparadzwa, achiita saizvozvo muna 1944 asina kuendeswa kune dzimwe nyika. Zvisinei, izvi zvisati zvaitika, battalion rakagadziriswazve muna Nyamavhuvhu 1942 nekambani yayo yemapfuti ichiendeswa kuumba 6th Machine Gun Battalion pamwe nemamwe makambani akati wandei eMilitia Machine Gun. 