<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Ngemva kokungena kwe-Italy empini ngo-June 10, 1940, uWaller waba nengxenye ekufuneni izindawo ezinezimayini ogwini lwaseNyakatho Afrika. Njengomcibisheli onekhono, wayeziqhuma ngokwakhe izimayini ezindizayo esebenzisa isibhamu nezinhlamvu ezihlaba izikhali. NgoJuni 21, uStuart washaya idolobha laseBardia elalilawulwa amaNtaliyane. Ngenyanga elandelayo, i-10th Destroyer Flotilla yakhe yahlanganyela eMpini yaseCalabria. Imikhumbi kaWaller yaqhumisa amabhomu eFort Capuzzo ngo-17 Agasti kanye nesisekelo sezindiza zasolwandle sase-Italy eGulf of Bomba ngesonto elilandelayo. NgoSepthemba, wanikezwa i-Distinguished Service Order DSO ngesibindi, ibhizinisi, nokuzinikela emsebenzini emzabalazweni wakamuva - ikakhulukazi, ukukhomba kwakhe izinkambu zezimayini zesitha. Ngenyanga efanayo, wadluliselwa ku-HMAS Vampire ngenkathi uStuart engena ukuze alungiswe kabusha. Njengoba amabutho ahlangene eqala ukuhlasela amabutho ase-Italy ngoDisemba 1940, uMkhuzi Omkhulu Wemikhumbi yaseMedithera, u-Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, wanikeza uWaller umyalo we-Inshore Squadron esanda kwakhiwa, ehlanganisa ababhubhisi, ama-mineweepers, kanye nezinsiza. Endimeni yakhe njengeSenior Officer Afloat, uWaller waba nesibopho sokusekela imikhumbi yemikhumbi  <response>: ukuhlaselwa kweBardia, eyawa kwabeZibambisene ngoJanuwari 5, 1941. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, wanikeza umyalo we-Inshore Squadron futhi wabuyela emuva ku- Stuart. 