Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I muri i te whakariterite anō o te hanganga o te ope taua o Ahitereiria, nāna i whakaiti ia piritanga hōia mai i te whā ki te toru, ka tukuna anō te piritanga ki te 19th Brigade. I puta tenei huringa i te wa i te moana te 2 / 4, a, i muri i te taenga mai ki te Waenganui rawhiti, ka noho ki tetahi puni i Kilo 89, tata ki Gaza, i Palestine i reira i uru atu ai ki te &lt;a href="2/8th%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/8th&lt;/a&gt; me te &lt;a href="2/11th%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/11th Battalion&lt;/a&gt;s. Mo te wa poto, whai muri i te urunga mai o Itari ki te pakanga, i hurihia te puranga hei puranga patu rererangi ka whakamahia ki te tiaki i Haifa, i mua i te hurihanga ano ki te puranga hoia i Akuhata 1940. Whai muri i tana hokinga mai ki te 19th Brigade, ka haere te 2/4th ki etahi atu whakangungu me te whakangungu i Ihipa me Palestine i mua i te whakawhiwhinga o nga Ahitereiria ki te whawhai ki nga Itari i te koraha o Libya i te Hanuere 1941 i te Operation Compass. He raupapa o ngā mahi i whawhai ai ngā Ahitereiria huri noa i a Bardia
, Tobruk me Derna, i mua i te 2/4th i uru ki Benghazi i te Hui-tanguru. I roto i te rahui i Bardia, ko te mahi matua a te ope i haere a Derna. I te wa o tenei mahi, he mahere tinihanga i whakatinanahia e te battalion tuarua-in-command, Major Robert Winning, e tuhi ana i te pupuhi puhi Italian ki te whenua o te tangata. I muri mai ka noho te ope ki Benghazi i te timatanga o Hui-tanguru.