<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Njengoba behla esikebheni eCairns, eQueensland, leli butholikhali kamuva lakha ikamu eRavenshoe, eQueensland. Ngemuva kwesikhathi sokuphumula, ukuqeqeshwa nokuhlelwa kabusha, ngoJulayi 1943 ibutho lathola ukuqiniswa okuvela ku-5th Motor Regiment, eyayihlakaziwe. Iqoqo elincane lezinsiza laphinde lafika lisuka ku a href240th20Battalion2028Australia29240th Battaliona abasebenzi ababebalekele ukuboshwa e  <response>: I-Timor. Ngo-Agasti ka-1943, i-212th yathunyelwa ePort Moresby, lapho i-18th Brigade ibibanjelwe khona, ngenkathi lonke i-7th Division livikela izindlela eziya eLae njengengxenye yomkhankaso weFinisterre Range. Ngosuku lokugcina lonyaka, leli butholikhali lalibophezelekile ekulweni ezintabeni zaseFinisterre. Kamuva bahlanganiswa yiqembu lonke ngoJanuwari 4, 1944 lapho lithuthelwa eDumpu ngendiza ukuyokhulula i-21st Brigade. Ngasekuqaleni kuka-1944, i-212th yayibandakanyeka ekulweni okuzungeze iShaggy Ridge, lapho benza khona ukuhlaselwa okuningana enyakatho ye-ridge, ezungeze izici zeProtheroe I no-II phakathi kuka-21 no-24 Januwari. Phakathi kukaFebhuwari no-April, baqhubeka nemisebenzi yabo eRamu Valley, benza amaphoyisa ngaphambi kokuba babuyele e-Australia ngomkhumbi wokuthutha i-Pahud ngoMeyi 1944. 