<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ibutho laqala ukuqeqeshwa e-Atherton Tablelands ngonyaka olandelayo, ngaphambi kokubamba iqhaza komunye wemikhankaso yokugcina yase-Australia yempi lapho befika eLabuan Island  <response>: . futhi. Ngemuva kokubamba iqhaza ekushayweni kokuqala ngoJuni 10, bathuthukela enyakatho behlangana nokumelana okuqinile kwamaJapane endaweni ebizwa nge- Pocket, okwagcina kususwe ngoJuni 21. Ibutho laphinde lafika futhi lafika enyakatho yeBrunei Bay, futhi laqhubekela phambili ngaseBeaufort, lapho badlala khona indima yokusekela ngesikhathi kuhlaselwa iBrigade yama-24 eBeaufort ngoJuni 26-28, ngaphambi kokusiza ukuvikela izindlela ezisempumalanga eziya esiphambanweni sesitimela esibalulekile ngezenzo zokuqapha eziya eLumadan. Ibutho laliseseBeaufort lapho impi iphela ngo-Agasti. Ngemuva kwalokhu, yathatha imisebenzi ye-garrison ezungeze iJesselton; amandla ebutho ancipha kancane njengoba abasebenzi babuyiselwa e-Australia ukuyokhishwa noma badluliselwa kwamanye amayunithi ukuze benze inkonzo elandelayo. Ekugcineni leli butholakulwane lahlakazwa ngoJanuwari 1946. 