I raro i te mana o Colonel William Holmes, ka wehe atu te AN&amp;MEF i Sydney i te 19 o Akuhata i runga i te HMAS "Berrima" ka tu ki te Moutere o Palm i Townsville tae noa ki te kaha o Niu Tireni, i whakahaeretia e te battlecruiser, cruiser, me te cruiser French "Montcalm", i noho ki Samoa
i te 30 o Akuhata. Na ka neke te AN&amp;MEF ki Port Moresby i reira ka tutaki ki te roopu Queensland i runga i te waka kawe TSS "Kanowna". I rere te ope ki Tiamana New Guinea i te 7 o Hepetema engari i mahue te "Kanowna" i muri i tana kore e mahi. Ko nga hoia mai i te Kennedy Regiment i mahue ano ki Port Moresby i te mea i whakaaro a Holmes kaore i whakangungu, i rite ranei ki te kaha ki te whawhai ki nga pakanga e tumanakohia ana.