<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ibutho lalisendaweni yaseSierra Leone kusukela ngoJanuwari kuya kuJune 1941. Yabe isiya eGibhithe, yafika ngoJulayi, lapho yawela ngaphansi kweMiddle East Forces, yachitha isikhathi esifushane ngaphansi komyalo we-4th Indian Infantry Division, XIII Corps, kanye neBrithani Eighth Army, ngenkathi iningi lamayunithi alo lihlukaniswa. NgoNovemba 1941, i-Brigade HQ kanye ne-14th Essex baphinde bahamba ngomkhumbi baya eCyprus, lapho bajoyina khona amabutho amabili e-Indian Army futhi babelwa i-5th Indian Division. Ngomhlaka 26 Novemba 1941 ibutho ladluliselwa e-Indian Army njenge-161st Indian Infantry Brigade. Njengeqembu lezempi laseNdiya, labamba iqhaza emikhankasweni yaseNtshonalanga naseBurma, lidlala indima enkulu ekulweni ne-Imperial Japanese Army ekuvinjezelweni kweKohima  <response>: maphakathi no-1944. 