<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kokusebenza njengonobhala wezomthetho izinyanga ezimbalwa kuphela, ukuqala kweMpi Yezwe II kwaholela uWilmot ukuba ajoyine i - Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Wathunyelwa eMpumalanga Ephakathi ngo-1940 futhi wabika eNyakatho Afrika, eGrisi naseSyria; wayeseTobruk ngesikhathi kuvinjezelwa ngo-1941. Lapho iJapane ingena empini, uWilmot wabuyela e-Australia, wabe esephuma eyobika ngempi yasePacific. Wabika esePapua ngesikhathi sokuhlasela kwamaJapane ngo-1942, kuhlanganise nomkhankaso weKokoda Track  <response>: , lapho ahamba khona waya endaweni engaphambili, ezungeze i-Abuari ne-Isurava, kanye nomngane wakhe wezindaba zempi u-Osmar White kanye nomthwebuli wezithombe uDamien Parer. UWilmot wayebheka uGeneral Sir Thomas Blamey njengongakwazi ukwenza umsebenzi futhi wamelana nokuxoshwa kwakhe uLieutenant General Sydney Rowell. 