<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Phakathi kuka-February no-May 1943, i-Westralia yaguqulwa yaba i-Landing Ship, Infantry LSI. Waphinde wabekwa esikhundleni sakhe ngenombolo ye-pennant u-C61. Kulesi indima, Westralia kwadingeka umthamo amasosha 933, futhi yayisetshenziswa ngokuyinhloko ukuthutha amayunithi United States Army and Marine Corps. Lo mkhumbi wabelwa ePort Stephens ukuze usetshenziswe njengesikebhe sokuhlala ngenkathi kuthuthukiswa isikole sokuqeqeshwa kwemisebenzi ehlanganisiwe kamuva esaqashwa njengo-. Lo mkhumbi wabamba iqhaza ekufikeni eCape Cretin, eHollandia, eLeyte Gulf  <response>: , ePhilippines, eBorneo. 