<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngo-August 1942, ibhethri lokuqala le-regiment, i-9th, lathunyelwa eMilne Bay ukusekela i-18th Brigade, njengoba amabutho aseJapane ayeqhubekela phambili  <response>: I-Kokoda Track ebheke ePort Moresby. Kamuva bathatha iqhaza eMpini yaseMilne Bay, ngenkathi lonke ibutho lilungiselela ukuthunyelwa ngaseWoodford, lifika ngo-Okthoba. I-55th Battery yahlanganyela ekubanjweni kweBuna, yathuthwa olwandle isuka e-Oro Bay ngamaloli amaningana. Ngesikhathi sokuhamba, imikhumbi yahlaselwa futhi kwalahleka izibhamu ezimbili, kanye nabasebenzi abaningana ababulawa. Kamuva basekela i-18th Brigade kanye ne-US 32nd Infantry Division. Okwamanje, i-10th Battery yenza imisebenzi yokuzivikela ezungeze iPorlock Harbour naseGoodenough Island. Amabhethri aleli regiment asuswa kancane kancane phakathi kukaFebhuwari no-Ephreli ka-1943, ngemuva kwalokho agxila ePort Moresby, ahlala lapho kwaze kwaba ngoJanuwari ka-1944, lapho abuyela eBrisbane esechithe isikhathi esisele eNew Guinea enza imisebenzi yamabutho. 