<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - I- 21st Battalion kwakuyibutho lempi lase-Australia. Yakhiwa njengengxenye ye-Second Australian Imperial Force ekuqaleni kweMpi Yezwe Yesibili, leli qembu lathunyelwa eMpumalanga Ephakathi ekuqaleni kuka-1940 futhi kamuva labamba iqhaza ekulweni kwasekuqaleni emkhankasweni waseNyakatho Afrika, lihlanganyela ezimpini ezungeze iBardia  <response>: noTobruk ngaphambi kokuba athunyelwe eGrisi ekuqaleni kuka-1941. Ukuqhubekela phambili okusheshayo kwamaJalimane ngokushesha kwacindezela ama-Allies emuva futhi kwaphoqa ukuba bashiye ngemuva komkhankaso omfushane kakhulu futhi i-21st yafika eKrethe lapho kamuva balwa khona ngaphandle kwempumelelo ukuvimba ukuhlasela kwamaJalimane ngoMeyi. Iningi lebutho lathunjwa eKrethe, kodwa i-21st yabuye yakhiwa kabusha kusuka kwabasindile ePalestine futhi yabuyela e-Australia ekuqaleni kuka-1942 kulandela ukungena kweJapan empini. Bese belwa imikhankaso emibili yokulwa namaJapane eNew Guinea, belwa emkhankasweni weKokoda Track phakathi kuka-1942 43 kanye nomkhankaso we-Aitape Wewak ngo-1944 45. Ngemva kwempi, i-21th yahlakazwa. 