 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kusvika kuFremantle muna Kukadzi 1943, batachoni rakagadziriswazve kuita mashandiro emusango paAtherton Tablelands muQueensland; sechikamu cheiyi nzira, zvikamu zve9th Division zvakashandurwa kuita jungle divi rezvematongerwo enyika, izvo zvakakonzera kuti simba rakabvumidzwa remabhatani ayo epasi rive pasi pevarume mazana masere. Yakazotorawo rutivi mukumhara kwezvikepe zvomumvura pedyo neLaemuna September 1943, vakamhara kumabvazuva kwechinangwa ndokutungamirira kufambira mberi kweAustralia mhiri kwoRwizi rweBusu. Munguva yokufambira mberi, battalion yakaita kuyambuka kwakamanikidzwa kweBusu pasi pemoto unorema wechiJapan, panguva iyo varume gumi nevatatu vakatsvairwa mumvura yakayerera. Mushure mokubatwa kweLae, iyo yakawa nokukurumidza kudarika avo vakanga varonga hurongwa hweAllied, battalion yakabatanidzwa muHuon Peninsula mushandirapamwe wakatevera sezvo vaAustralia vakatevera mauto eJapane avo vakanga vachidzokera kuchamhembe. Munguva iyi, 228th yakatora chikamu mukuita kwakakomberedza Finschhafen, Gusika uye Wareo vasati vadzokera kuAustralia muna Ndira 1944. 