 Pashure penguva pfupi yokudzidziswa, Whitelaw akabva kuAustralia ari mungarava yainzi Hororata musi wa19 October 1914 pamwe chete neboka rokutanga revanhu vokuAustralia vaienda kuIjipiti, vachibva vasvika ikoko muna December 1914. Musi wa 25 April 1915 battalion iyi yakabatanidzwa mukumhara paAnzac Cove.sorutivi rwechipiri. Whitelaw akaburuka nechikwata chemapurisa echikwata, asi nguva yake pamhenderekedzo yegungwa yakaderedzwa apo akabudiswa gare gare zuva iroro nekukuvara kwepfuti patsoka yake. Akapedza mwedzi yakawanda achinaya muEgypt uye muUnited Kingdom asati adzorerwa kuAustralia munaNovember 1915 apo basa rake muAIF rakaguma uye akadzokera kuPermanent Force, akapiwa basa rekutarisira uye rekudzidzisa mu3rd Military District Victoria. 