<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - AmaJapane angena empini ngoDecember 1941 futhi njengoba ayeqhubekela eningizimu ngasePapua, i-49th yazithola ihlaselwa emoyeni. Phakathi nomkhankaso weKokoda Track  <response>: , kwenziwa umzamo wokundiza izingxenye zebutho laseKokoda ukusekela iButho lama-39 ngesikhathi seMpi yaseKokoda, kodwa lokhu kwabonakala kungasebenzi. Kamuva, amabutho avela eBattalion 49 ahlanganiswa ne-Honner Force, iyunithi ye-ad hoc enesibopho sokwenza amaphoyisa ahamba ibanga elide emfuleni iGoldie ukuvimbela amaJapane ukuthi anqamule ithrekhi, ngenkathi lonke ibutho lisungula amaphoyisa amile phakathi kweGoldie neLaloki Rivers. Nakuba kwakungekho ukuxhumana okwenziwa namaJapane, indima yempi yasiza ekuthuthukiseni umbono wamasosha nokuthuthukisa isimo sengqondo. Ezinyangeni ezandulela lokhu amandla ebutho ayesanda kukhuphuka futhi ngoSepthemba 1942 lalinamandla ezinduna ezingama-37 nezinye izikhundla ezingama-818, kufaka phakathi okusalungiswa kwezikhulu eziyi-12 ezazithunyelwe zivela emaqenjini ase-Second Australian Imperial Force ngo-Agasti. Ibutho laqhubeka nokwanda ngo-Okthoba nangoNovemba, ngaleso sikhathi abantu abangaphezu kwengxenye yabo babevolontiya ukudluliselwa ku-AIF. Nokho, amathuba okuqeqeshwa ayehlala elinganiselwe, ngisho nalapho kwenziwa amalungiselelo okuthumela leli qembu empini. Cishe ngalesi sikhathi, inkampani yomshini wokudubula yebutho yahlukaniswa futhi ngokuhlangana nezinye izinkampani eziningi zemishini ye-Militia, yasetshenziswa ukwakha i-7th Machine Gun Battalion. 