Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I muri i te taenga mai ki Labuan
I te tīmatanga o te marama, i te 16 o Pipiri ka whiti ngā Ahitereiria i te Moana o Brunei, ā, ka whakatū i tētahi ope ki te tuawhenua o Borneo ki te Raki i te taha o Weston, ka tae mai ki te takutai, kāore he ātete. Ko tenei ope e rua nga roopu hiko me nga waahanga tautoko mai i te 24th Brigade, i wehe mai i te 9th Division. I tiakina te rohe e nga waahanga o te 56th Independent Mixed Brigade, i hangaia hei waahanga o te Tekau ma toru o nga ope taua, i arahina e Lieutenant-General Masao Baba. Ko te 56th Independent Mixed Brigade i whakahaeretia e Major General Taijiro Akashi.