<prompt> Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Yakagoverwa ku23rd Brigade ye8th Division, mushure mekudzidziswa kwekutanga yakatumirwa kuchamhembe kuDarwin munaGunyana kuvaka dziviriro dzakatenderedza Rwizi rweAdelaide neNoonamah pakati pekunetseka nezvezvinangwa zveJapan muPacific. Nepo chikamu chikuru chechikamu chakatumirwa kuMalaya, 2 4th yakasara kumashure uye zvichitevera kupinda kweJapan muhondo, battalion yakapihwa kuti isimbise garrison kuKoepang sechikamu cheSparrow Force paTimor  <response>: . Chikwata chakatungamira chakatumirwa kuchitsuwa ichi mukutanga kwaFebruary 1942, uye musi wa14 February vamwe vose vebato vakatevera; zvisinei, ngoro yavakanga vapinda nayo yakarwiswa nendege dzeJapan uye yakadzoserwa. Kudzokera kuDarwin, ruzhinji rwezvigadzirwa zve24th zvakarasika apo ngarava yaitakura yakanyura muDarwin harbor panguva yekurwiswa kweJapan munaFebruary 19. Somuuyo, kutumirwa kwebattalion kwakamiswa uye kwakaramba kuri kuchamhembe kweanopfuura gore, panguva iyo vakatora mabasa ekudzivirira kupikisa kutyisidzira kwekupinda kweJapan. Munguva iyi, battalion yakanga ichitungamirirwa naLieutenant Colonel John McCarty. MunaNovember 1942, battalion yakadzoserwa ku3rd Brigade, chiumbwa cheMilitia chakanga chaunganidzwa kuti chiite basa renguva yakazara uye chakatumirwa kuNorthern Territory kutanga kwegore kuti chisimbise simba remunda ipapo. 