<prompt> Qhubeka ubhale lesi sigaba - Lapho befika lapho beya khona ngoMeyi 1940, ibutho lajoyina amanye amabutho amabili ahamba ngezinyawo e-17th Brigade the a href25th20Battalion2028Australia2925tha and a href26th20Battalion2028Australia2926tha eBiet Jirja, endaweni yaseJulius Gaza. Ukusuka lapho, ibutho laqhubeka nokuqeqeshwa ePalestine naseGibhithe kwaze kwaba yilapho abase-Australia beya empini okokuqala ngqa ekuqaleni kukaJanuwari 1941 njengoba abaseBrithani beqhubeka nokuhlasela amaNtaliyane eNyakatho Afrika. I-27th kamuva yabona isenzo eBardia  <response>: , lapho kwakhiwa khona i-divisional reserve esigabeni sokuqala ngaphambi kokuhlasela eningizimu ngesikhala esakhiwe yi-25th maqondana nomzila wesitimela, naseTobruk, lapho i-27th ihlasela khona umkhakha osempumalanga. Kamuva, ibutho laqala ukwenza imisebenzi yebutho laseLibya, lazimisa ngaseMarsa Brega. Ukulwa eLibya kwabulala ibutho lama-20 okuhlanganisa ama-15 abulawa empini, ama-75 alimala futhi elinye lathunjwa. 