Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I te marama o Hānuere 1941, i whakahaua te piriti ki te pakanga ki te koraha ki te uru, i haere ki te mahi mo te wa tuatahi i te taha o Bardia
, i tangohia mai i nga Itari i roto i nga ra maha. I whai ake i te mutunga o te marama te hopu o Tobruk, i noho ai te 16th Brigade i te wa e rua nga roopu o te 6th Division, te 17th me te 19th, i uru ki etahi atu mahi huri noa i Derna me Benghazi. I te marama o Poutu-te-rangi, i aro te wehenga ki a Amiriya i a raatau e whakarite ana ki te haere ki Kariki, hei whakautu ki te whakaekenga a Tiamana e tatari ana. I te Pakanga o Kariki, i noho te 16th Brigade ki Seria i mua i tana whakaturanga i te Veria Pass. I te tīmatanga o te whakaekenga Tiamana, i whakaratohia e te 2/1st Battalion te taupoki o muri i te wa i wehe atu ai te piritiata i te taha o te 4th Brigade o Niu Tireni. Ko te pakaru o Tiamana i Tempe Gorge i hua ake ai tetahi atu nekehanga i te wa i tukuna ai e te 2/2 me te 2/3 Battalions te haumarutanga o muri i te wa i wehe atu ai te Anzac Corps ma Larissa. Whai muri i tenei, i whakahaua te brigade ki te whakarere, a ka tangohia nga waahanga ma te moana i Kalamata. Ko te nuinga o te pereti i whakahokia ki Ihipa, a, i muri mai ka whakahoutia ki Palestine; Heoi, ko nga waahanga o te pereti i tau ki Kirete. I whakaekea te 2/1 hei katoa ka tohaina ki te tiaki i te papa rererangi i Retimo, i te wa i hangaia ai nga waahanga o te 2/2 me te 2/3 ki te 16th Brigade Composite Battalion. I te wa o te whawhai, i tino whakangaromia te 2/1 i te Pakanga poto o Krete, me te nuinga i whakaraua.