<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Phakathi neMpi Yezwe Yesibili uBlamey wayephethe iButho Lase-Australia Lesibili Ne-I Corps eMpumalanga Ephakathi. Kuleso sikhundla sakamuva wayala amabutho ase-Australia nawaseCommonwealth eMpini yaseGreece eyayinenhlekelele. Endimeni yokuqala, wazama ukuvikela izintshisekelo zase-Australia ngokumelene nezikhulu zaseBrithani ezazifuna ukuhlakaza amabutho akhe kuzo zonke izinhlobo zemishini. Wabe eseqokwa njengomphathi-jikelele we-Middle East Command, futhi wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba ngumphathi jikelele ngo-1941. Ngo-1942, wabuyela e-Australia njengomkhuzi omkhulu wamabutho ezempi ase-Australia kanye nomkhuzi wamabutho ase-Allied Land Area eNingizimu-Ntshonalanga yePacific ngaphansi komyalo kaGeneral Douglas MacArthur. Ngemiyalo kaMacArthur noNdunankulu uJohn Curtin, wathatha umyalo womuntu siqu weNew Guinea Force ngesikhathi se  <response>: Umkhankaso weKokoda Track, futhi wakhulula uLieutenant General Sydney Rowell noMajor General Arthur Allen ngaphansi kwezimo eziphikisanayo. UBlamey uphinde wahlela futhi wenza i-SalamauaLae Campaign ebalulekile futhi enqobayo. Noma kunjalo, phakathi nemikhankaso yokugcina yempi wabhekana nokugxekwa okukhulu kokusebenza kwebutho. Wasayina i-Japanese Instrument of Surrender egameni lase-Australia ngesikhathi kunikezelwa iJapane eTokyo Bay ngomhlaka 2 Septhemba 1945, futhi kamuva wamukela mathupha ukuzinikela kweJapane eMorotai ngomhlaka 9 Septhemba. Waphakanyiselwa esikhundleni sokuba umphathi wamasosha ngoJune 1950. 