<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kokuqala kweMpi Yezwe Yesibili, uHonner wabhaliswa e-Second Australian Imperial Force 2nd AIF ngo-24 Okthoba 1939. NgoDisemba 1939 wathatha umyalo we C Company of the a href211th20Battalion2028Australia29211th Battaliona, ibutho lempi laseNtshonalanga Australia, elinesikhundla sokuba ngukaputeni. UHonner nebutho lakhe bahamba ngomkhumbi baya eMpumalanga Ephakathi ngo-April 1940, bafika ngenyanga elandelayo. Ngemuva kokuqeqeshwa ePalestine, inkampani kaHonner yabe isilwela empini yaseNtshonalanga yehlane ngokumelene namaNtaliyane eBardia  <response>: , eTobruk naseDerna ngaphambi kokuba ithunyelwe eGrisi ngemva kokuhlasela kwamaJalimane ngo-April 1941. EGrisi, uHonner wahola amadoda akhe kulolu chungechunge lokulwa njengoba ayebuyiselwa emuva amabutho anamandla aseJalimane. Kamuva badingiselwa eKrethe lapho bahlanganyela khona ekulweni okunzima ngaseRetimo. UHonner wabe esehola iqembu ngaphesheya kwesiqhingi ukuze agweme ukubanjwa futhi, ngemuva kokuhlangana ne-Royal Navy submarine, basuswa baya e-Alexandria. Kamuva wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba ngu-major futhi, ngenxa yobuholi bakhe ngesikhathi kulwa ngaseThermopylae emkhankasweni wokuqala waseGrisi, wanikezwa uMphambano Wezempi. 