<prompt> Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pashure pehondo, Mackay akadzidza physics paUniversity of Cambridge achidzidziswa naErnest Rutherford asati adzokera kuAustralia uye pabasa rake rekare semudzidzisi paUniversity of Sydney. Kubva muna 1933 kusvika muna 1940 aiva mukuru weCranbrook School, muSydney. Akaramba ari muMilitia pakati pehondo, uye akanga ari mukuru mukuru panguva iyo Hondo Yenyika II yakatanga. Akasarudzwa kuti atungamirire 6th Division muna 1940, uye akaitungamirira kuburikidza nehondo yekutanga yeAustralia yehondo. Kusava nechokwadi kupi nokupi pamusoro pemano ake nokukurumidza kwakanyangarika nokuzvipira kwechikamu kuWestern Desert Campaign. Mukati meHondo yeBardia  <response>: muna January 1941, 6th Division yakatora guta rakasimbiswa pamwe chete nevasungwa vechiItaly 36 000. Muhondo yeGreece, akava mukuru mukuru chete weAustralia kutarisana ne Waffen-SS muhondo. Akatambura kuderera kwakatevedzana muGirisi, asi akaorora mauto aiva pasi pake noushingi hwake pasi pomwoto. Akadanwa kuAustralia muna 1941 kuti ashande seGeneral Officer Commanding Home Forces. Musi waApril 6, 1942, akatora mutungamiri weChipiri Army. Mukati ma1943 akatungamirira kaviri New Guinea Force mukurwisana mumushandirapamwe weNew Guinea. Basa rake rokushingaira rakapera nokugadzwa kwake saMukuru Mukuru kuIndia muna November 1943. 