Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I waenganui o Hui-tanguru me Mei 1943, i hurihia a "Westralia" hei kaipuke Landing, Infantry (LSI). I whakahoutia ia me te nama pennant C61. I roto i tenei tūranga, he kaha o 933 nga hoia a Westralia, a i whakamahia tuatahihia hei kawe i nga waahanga o te United States Army me Marine Corps. I tukuna te kaipuke ki Port Stephens hei whakamahi hei kaipuke noho i te wa e whakawhanakehia ana te kura whakangungu mahi whakakotahi (i muri mai ka tukuna hei). I uru te kaipuke ki nga taunga ki Cape Cretin, Hollandia, Leyte Gulf
, ngā Piripi, Borneo.