<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Maphakathi no-1940, i-regiment yathunyelwa eNyakatho Afrika lapho kwaqhutshwa khona ukuqeqeshwa okwengeziwe, kuhlanganise nokuzivocavoca ezingeni lomkhakha ekupheleni konyaka. Lapho ama-Australia eqala ukusebenza eWestern Desert, ngoJanuwari 1941, ukusekelwa kwe-regiment ekuhlaselweni kweBrigade 16 eBardia  <response>: nokuthathwa kweTobruk. Lokhu kwalandelwa yizenzo ezengeziwe ezungeze iDerna neBarce, ngaphambi kokuthi iDivision 6th ithathwe futhi ibuyiselwe eMersa Matruh, eGibhithe, ngaphambi kokuthunyelwa kwayo eGrisi ngo-Ephreli. Lolu hlelo lwaba olwesikhashana njengoba ama-Allies asheshe anqotshwa ukuqhubekela phambili kwamaJalimane. Ngesikhathi sokulwa, i-regiment yasekela amabhikidi amaningi e- 6th Division: i-16, ezungeze iVeria Pass, bese i-19 ezungeze iSerbia, kokubili i-17th ne-19th ku-Thermopylae Line, futhi ekugcineni i-19th ngesikhathi sokusebenza ngemuva kwe-Brallos Pass, ngaphambi kokukhishwa olwandle kusuka eMegara. 