<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Njengengxenye yokuhlelwa kabusha kwe-RAAF kulandela ukuqubuka kweMpi Yezwe II ngoSepthemba 1939, kwakhiwa iQembu leNombolo 2 eSydney ngoNovemba 20, uCole elawula. Leli qembu lalilawula amayunithi e - Air Force eNew South Wales. UCole waphakanyiselwa esikhundleni sokuba yi-air commodore yesikhashana ngoDisemba, futhi wathatha umthwalo weCentral Area Command, owathatha indawo yeNo. 2 Group, lapho yasungulwa ngonyaka omusha. NgoSepthemba 1941, wathunyelwa eNyakatho Afrika njengeSikhulu Esilawulayo No. 235 Wing RAF of the Desert Air Force, lapho asiza khona ukusungula iyunithi entsha yempi elwa nemikhumbi-ngwenya, No. 459 Squadron RAAF. Ethunyelwe eNgilandi neNdlunkulu No. 11 Group ngoMeyi 1942, wakhonza njengoMlawuli Wezindiza Ophambili weDieppe Raid  <response>: Ngo-19 Agasti, owayenomthwalo wokubambisana nokuvikela amabutho ahlangene asemoyeni ogwini lwaseFrance ebhodini i-HMS Calpe. Lapho enza kanjalo, walimala kakhulu emhlathini nasengxenyeni engenhla yomzimba lapho amabutho amaJalimane ehlasela umkhumbi; kwadingeka ukuba ahlinzwe futhi wachitha amasonto amaningana elulama. Isibindi sakhe ngesikhathi sokulwa samzuzela i-Distinguished Service Order, isimemezelo sishicilelwa esithasiselweni se- London Gazette ngomhlaka 2 Okthoba 1942. Ngenyanga efanayo, wenziwa waba yi-Air Officer Commanding AOC RAF Northern Ireland, ngesikhundla sokusebenza kwe-air vice marshal, yize umyalo wachazwa emlandweni osemthethweni wase-Australia empini ngokuthi ngemuva kwamanzi. 