Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Na te āwangawanga mo te urunga mai o Hapani ki te pakanga i te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, i whakahokia mai te ope taua ki Ahitereiria i te timatanga o te tau 1942. I wehe atu i Port Tewfik i te 9 o Hui-tanguru i runga i te MV "Vernon", ka tae te ope taua ki Port Adelaide, South Australia, i te 9 o Poutu-te-rangi ka neke ki Camp Woodside. I te timatanga o Paenga-whāwhā i whakahaerehia e ratou he nekehanga rori me te tereina ki Casino, New South Wales, i reira i whakawhiwhia ai ki te wiki wiki i mua i te neke ki Caboolture, Queensland. I tēnei wā i whakahaeretia e te hōia ngā mahi ārai hei whakaū i te huarahi ki te raki ki Piripane i te Pakanga o te Moana Kararehe. Mai i Hune ka tīmata rātau ki te whakangungu i te ngahere hei whakarite mo te whakanoho ki New Guinea i te marama o Mahuru i reira nga wae o te Militia i whawhai ai ki te pakanga whakaroa ki nga Hapanihi i te taha o te
Ko Kokoda Track.