<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kwesikhathi esifushane kuphela sokuphumula, i-21th yathunyelwa eNew Guinea, yafika lapho ngo-September 1942 njengoba nje kwakugeleza umkhankaso weKokoda Track  <response>: laqala ukuhlehla ukuze kuzuze ama-Allies. Ibutho labe selijoyina amabutho ahlangene ekufuneni amaJapane ayesehoxa enyakatho ebheke emabhishi awo azungeze iBuna Gona, futhi ngesikhathi sokuhlasela okuphikisayo i-21st Battalion yayibandakanyeka ezimpini ezinkulu e-Eora Creek bese kuba eGorari, elandelwa yiSanananda phakathi kuka-Okthoba nasekupheleni kukaNovemba 1942. Ibutho lalahlekelwa kakhulu ngesikhathi somkhankaso, njengoba amaphesenti angaphezu kuka-60 abulawa, alimala noma athuthwa egula. Ngemuva komkhankaso waseKokoda, i-21 yabuyela e-Australia ukuyokwakha kabusha. Ngalesi sikhathi bathola ukuqiniswa okukhulu okuvela eBathalyon yama-49, ibutho leMilitia elalilwile ngaseSanananda ngaphambi kokuba lichithwe. 