<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngokushesha ngemva kokuqala kweMpi Yezwe II ngo-September 1939, uLieutenant General uSir Thomas Blamey wamisa uVasey ukuba abe ilungu lezikhulu ze- 6th Division. NgoMashi 1941, uVasey wathatha umyalo we-19th Infantry Brigade, owawuhola eMpini yaseGrisi naseMpi yaseKrethe. Lapho ebuyela e-Australia ngo-1942, uVasey wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba yi-major general futhi waba yiSekela likaSihlalo Jikelele. NgoSepthemba 1942, wathatha umyalo we- 7th Division, elwa namaJapane emkhankasweni weKokoda Track  <response>: neMpi YaseBuna-Gona. Ngo-1943, waqala umkhankaso wakhe wesibili eNew Guinea, ehola iDivision 7th ekufikeni eNadzab nasekumkhankasweni weFinisterre Range owalandela. 