<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Endleleni eya ekhaya, ibutho kanye ne-16th Brigade kanye ne-17th Brigade lafika eCeylon ngenxa yosongo olwalubonakala lokuhlasela kweJapane lapho. Ibutho lahlala lapho izinyanga ezinhlanu, lakha izivikelo futhi liqhuba ukuqeqeshwa ehlathini ezindaweni ezahlukahlukene kubandakanya iLake Koggala, Weligama, Matara, Tangalle neHambantota. Ngemuva kokuthi usongo lokuhlasela seludlulile, ibutho laphinde labuyela eMelbourne ngomkhumbi wezokuthutha i-HMT Athlone Castle, lafika ekuqaleni kuka-Agasti 1942, ngesikhathi sokulwa okuphezulu eceleni kweKokoda Track  <response>: ePapua. 