Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ka whai wāhi te SASR ki ngā wheako o te Z Special Unit, M Special Unit, te Independent Companies me te Coastwatchers i mahi i te South West Pacific Area ki ngā Hapanihi i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao. I whakakorehia enei waahanga i muri tata mai o te pakanga hei waahanga o te whakakorenga o nga hoia o Ahitereiria; heoi, i muri i te tirotiro i nga mahi a te Ratonga Rererangi Motuhake o Ingarangi i te wa o te Emergency Malay
I ngā tau 1950, ka whakatau te ope taua o Ahitereiria ki te whakatū i tōna ake wae SAS. I whakatuhia te 1st Special Air Service Company i te 25 o Hurae 1957 i Swanbourne, he taone nui o Perth, Western Australia, me te kaha o nga rangatira 16 me etahi atu tohu 144.