<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kokungena kwe-Italy empini ngo-June 10, 1940, uWaller waba nengxenye ekufuneni izinkambu zezimayini 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 njengoSenior Officer uCunningham, uWaller wathatha umthwalo wokusekela imikhumbi yempi ekuhlaselweni kweBardia  <response>: , elawa kwabeZibambisene ngo-5 January 1941. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, wanikeza umyalo we-Inshore Squadron futhi wabuyela emuva ku- Stuart. 