<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Izingxenye ze-RAN ne-RAAF nazo zabamba iqhaza ekukhululweni kwePhilippines. Imikhumbi yempi emine yase-Australia kanye nezithuthi zokuhlasela, kanye ne- Westralia - kanye nenani lemikhumbi yempi emincane nemikhumbi yokusekela - bathatha iqhaza  <response>: Ukufika kwe-US eLeyte ngo-20 Okthoba 1944. Imithombo yase-Australia ithi i-Australia yaba umkhumbi wokuqala we-Allied ukushaywa yi-kamikaze lapho ehlaselwa phakathi nalomsebenzi ngo-Okthoba 21, yize lesi simangalo saphikiswa yisazi-mlando sase-US uSamuel Eliot Morison. Imikhumbi yase-Australia nayo yabamba iqhaza eMpini yaseLeyte Gulf, lapho i- Shropshire ne- Arunta bebhekene nemikhumbi yaseJapane ngesikhathi seMpi yaseSurigao Strait ngo-Okthoba 25. Ibutho lasolwandle lase-Australia labamba iqhaza ekuhlaselweni kweLingayen Gulf ngoJanuwari 1945; phakathi nalomsebenzi, i-Australia yashaywa ngama-Kamikaze amahlanu abulala abasebenzi bayo abangu-44 futhi baphoqeleka ukuba bahoxe ukuze balungiswe kakhulu. Imikhumbi ye-RAN nayo yayihamba nama-US supply convoys ayeya ePhilippines. I-RAAFs No. 3 Airfield Construction Squadron kanye no-No. 1 Wireless Unit nabo bafika ePhilippines futhi basekela imisebenzi yase-US lapho, kanti i-1TAF yahlaselwa imigomo eningizimu yePhilippines isuka ezisekelweni ezise-NEI naseNew Guinea. 