<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Ngemva kokusebenza njengonobhala wezomthetho izinyanga ezimbalwa, ukuqala kweMpi Yezwe II kwaholela uWilmot ukuba ajoyine i-Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Wathunyelwa eMpumalanga Ephakathi ngo-1940 futhi wabika eNyakatho Afrika, eGrisi naseSyria; wayeseTobruk ngesikhathi kuvinjezelwa ngo-1941. Lapho iJapane ingena empini, uWilmot wabuyela e-Australia, wabe esephuma eyobika ngempi yasePacific. Wabika ePapua ngesikhathi sokuhlasela kwamaJapane ngo-1942, kuhlanganise  <response>: Umkhankaso weKokoda Track, lapho ahamba khona waya endaweni engaphambili, ezungeze i-Abuari ne-Isurava, nomngane wakhe wezindaba zempi u-Osmar White kanye nomthwebuli wezithombe uDamien Parer. UWilmot wayebheka uGeneral Sir Thomas Blamey njengongakwazi ukwenza umsebenzi futhi wamelana nokuxoshwa kwakhe uLieutenant General Sydney Rowell. 