<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngamandla agunyaziwe abasebenzi abangaba ngu-900, njengamanye amabutho ahamba ngezinyawo ase-Australia ngaleso sikhathi, leli butholikhi lalakhiwe ezungeze i-nucleus yezinkampani ezine zezibhamu ezibizwa ngokuthi A kuya ku D ngayinye equkethe ama-platoons amathathu. Ngemuva kokuvula indlunkulu yayo eVictoria Barracks, eSydney, ngo-24 Okthoba 1939, ngaphansi kwamasonto amabili kamuva ibutho lathuthela e-Ingleburn Army Camp, lapho kwaqhutshwa khona ukuqeqeshwa okuyisisekelo. Ekuqaleni kuka-1940, ibutho lathunyelwa eMpumalanga Ephakathi, lafika eGibhithe maphakathi noFebhuwari 1940. Kamuva yaphothula ukuqeqeshwa kwayo ePalestina. Ekuqaleni kukaJanuwari 1941, i-22th yathatha ingxenye  <response>: I-Battle of Bardia isenzo sokuqala esikhulu somhlaba sempi esenziwa amabutho ase-Australia ngaphambi kokuzibophezela ekubanjweni kweTobruk ekupheleni kwenyanga. 