<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kokuqala kwempi neJapane, u-Allen wabuyela e-Australia ngo-March 1942, futhi ngo-August wathatha izintambo zemisebenzi yokulwa nokuhlasela kwamaJapane ngaseKokoda Track  <response>: . futhi. Yize ephumelele, u-Allen nokho wabhekana nalokho abaningi abakubheka njengokugxekwa okungalungile okuvela kumkhuzi we-Allied eSouth West Pacific Area, uJenene wase-US uDouglas MacArthur kanye nomkhuzi we-Allied land forces, uJenene wase-Australia uSir Thomas Blamey, ngokuhamba kancane kakhulu ekuphishekeleni amaJapane ngaphesheya kwe-Owen Stanley Ranges. Wakhishwa esikhundleni sakhe ngomhlaka 29 Okthoba 1942. Kwabe sekulandela ukuqokwa okuncane, kodwa ngo-Okthoba 1944, uBlamey wancoma ukuthi u-Allen enziwe iKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, yize u-Allen engazange aqokwe. 