<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-1940, uDeans wayeseMpumalanga Ephakathi, lapho i-2NZEF yayithuthelwe khona ukuze iyosebenza empini. Waqhubeka nokudweba, enza imidwebo yasemaphandleni aseGibithe. Umlawuli webutho lakhe, uLieutenant Colonel Howard Kippenberger, wayemsekela emsebenzini wakhe. Kamuva uDeans waqeda isithombe sikaKippenberger esasetshenziselwa ukufanekisa umlando wakhe. NgoMashi 1941, iDivision yesibili yaseNew Zealand yathunyelwa eGrisi. Uhulumeni waseBrithani walindela ukuba amaJalimane ahlasele iGrisi futhi wanquma ukuthumela amabutho ukuba asekele amaGreki, ayesevele exakile  <response>: ngokumelene namaNtaliyane e-Albania. I-2nd New Zealand Division yayingenye yezinhlangano eziningi ze-Allied ezithunyelwe eGrisi. Lo mkhankaso wawungaphezu nje kokudonswa kwempi kodwa uDeans wayesathola isikhathi sokwenza izithombe zokuphila emizaneni yamaGreki ayeyibona. Ekupheleni kwempi eGrisi, uDeans wayephakathi kwalabo abadingiselwa eKrethe. 