Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - Na te urunga mai o Hapani ki te pakanga i te marama o Tihema 1941, te Campaign Malaya me te hinga o Singapore, ka kino haere te ahuatanga rautaki. 7 I karangatia a Fild Coy ki te mahi wa-katoa i Ahitereiria i Mei 1942. I muri mai, i whakahoutia a 7 Fld Coy hei waeine AIF. I mahi te rōpū nei ki Papua New Guinea, ā, i whawhai ki ngā Hapanihi i te ara o Kokoda
i Bougainville tae noa ki te mutunga o te pakanga.