<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Phakathi neMpi Yezwe Yesibili uBlamey wayala i-Second Australian Imperial Force kanye ne-I Corps eMpumalanga Ephakathi. Kuleso sikhundla sakamuva wayala amabutho ase-Australia nawaseCommonwealth eMpini yaseGreece eyayinenhlekelele. Endimeni yokuqala, wazama ukuvikela izintshisekelo zase-Australia ngokumelene nezikhulu zaseBrithani ezazifuna ukuhlakaza amabutho akhe kuzo zonke izinhlobo zemishini. Wabe eseqokwa njengomphathi-jikelele we-Middle East Command, futhi wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba ngumphathi jikelele ngo-1941. Ngo-1942, wabuyela e-Australia njengomkhuzi omkhulu wamabutho ezempi ase-Australia kanye nomkhuzi wamabutho ase-Allied Land Area eNingizimu-Ntshonalanga yePacific ngaphansi komyalo kaGeneral Douglas MacArthur. Ngemiyalo kaMacArthur noNdunankulu uJohn Curtin, wathatha umyalo womuntu siqu weNew Guinea Force ngesikhathi somkhankaso weKokoda Track  <response>: , futhi wakhulula uLieutenant General Sydney Rowell noMajor General u-Arthur Allen ngaphansi kwezimo eziphikisanayo. UBlamey uphinde wahlela futhi wenza i-SalamauaLae Campaign ebalulekile futhi enqobayo. Noma kunjalo, phakathi nemikhankaso yokugcina yempi wabhekana nokugxekwa okukhulu kokusebenza kwebutho. Wasayina i-Japanese Instrument of Surrender egameni lase-Australia ngesikhathi kunikezelwa iJapane eTokyo Bay ngomhlaka 2 Septhemba 1945, futhi kamuva wamukela mathupha ukuzinikela kweJapane eMorotai ngomhlaka 9 Septhemba. Waphakanyiselwa esikhundleni sokuba umphathi wamasosha ngoJune 1950. 