ɪt dᵻplˈɔɪd tə pˈoːɹt mˈoːɹsbi ɪn nˈuː ɡˈɪni ɪn ɑːktˈoʊbɚ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi tˈuː wˌɛɹ ɪt flˈuː ɪn səpˈoːɹt ʌv ɔːstɹˈeɪliən ˈɑːɹmi ˌɑːpɚɹˈeɪʃənz ɐɡˈɛnst ðə dʒˌæpənˈiːz ɚɹˈaʊnd bˈuːnə ænd ɡˈoʊnə.
It deployed to Port Moresby in New Guinea in October 1942 where it flew in support of Australian Army operations against the Japanese around Buna and Gona.