<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ohulumeni baseNetherlands nabase-Australia bacabangela ukususa abantu kulelitheku, kodwa isikhulu saso sesifunda, uJean Victor de Bruijn, sasizimisele ukuhlala futhi silwe ukuze sigcine okuncane okwakusele kweDutch East Indies. Ngo-July uDe Bruijn waya e-Australia eyokhulumela icala lakhe. Ngaleso sikhathi, zonke izindiza zase-Australia zazifunwa uJenene Douglas MacArthur noma uhulumeni wase-Australia ukuba zilwe e-Australia  <response>: I-Eastern New Guinea neziQhingi zaseSolomon. Lokhu kwenza ukuba uDe Bruijn angakwazi ukuthola usizo. Kwavunyelwana ngokuthi wayezobuyela ezindaweni eziphakeme ephethe izibhamu nezinhlamvu, kodwa kwakungeke kusizwe muntu okwamanje. Ekuseni ngomhlaka 5 Novemba 1942, indiza yamthatha eMerauke yamyisa e-Enarotali. 