<prompt> Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokupinda kweItaly muhondo pana 10 June 1940, Waller akabatanidzwa mukutsvaka minda yeminine pamhenderekedzo yeNorth Africa. Akanga ari mupfuri ane unyanzvi, iye pachake akaputika zvimbambaira zvaifamba achishandisa pfuti nemabara anopwanya zvombo. Musi waJune 21, Stuart yakarwisa guta reBardia raiva muItaly. Mwedzi wakatevera, 10th Destroyer Flotilla yake yakabatanidzwa muHondo yeCalabria. Ngarava dzaWaller dzakabhomba Fort Capuzzo musi wa17 Nyamavhuvhu uye chiteshi cheItaly chemvura muGulf yeBomba vhiki rimwe gare gare. MunaSeptember, akapiwa Distinguished Service Order DSO nokuda kweushingi, bhizimisi, uye kuzvipira kune basa pamisangano ichangobva kuitika kunyanya, kutsvaga kwake kweminda yemigodhi muvengi. Mwedzi mumwe chetewo, akachinjirwa kuHMAS Vampire apo Stuart akaenda kunovandudzwa. Sezvo mauto eAllied akatanga kurwisa mauto eItaly muna December 1940, Mutungamiri Mukuru weMediterranean Fleet, Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, akapa Waller kutungamira kweInshore Squadron ichangobva kuumbwa, inosanganisira vanoparadza, vanoparadza, uye vanobatsira. Muchikamu chake semukuru mukuru weCunningham, Waller akatora mutoro wekutsigirwa kwechikepe pakurwiswa kweBardia  <response>: , iyo yakawira kuvaAllies pana 5 January 1941. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, akaendesa murairo weInshore Squadron ndokutamisirwa kumashure paStuart. 