Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, ko te 40th Battalion, me te kaha whai mana i waenga i te 800 me te 900, i whakauruhia mo te ratonga wa-katoa i te 1943, engari kaore i tukuna ki tawahi ki te whawhai na nga whakaritenga o te "Defense Act". Heoi, i raro i te whakahau a Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Bartley, i noho tonu ia i runga i te raupapa o te pakanga, hei waahanga o te 12th Brigade, i whakawhiwhia ki te 4th me te 12th Divisions, ka mahi i nga mahi paruru tae noa ki te 2 o Mei 1945 i te wa i whakakotahihia ai ki te 12th Battalion hei &lt;a href="12th/40th%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29"&gt;12th/40th Battalion&lt;/a&gt;, i whakakorehia i te 29 o Mei 1946. I te tau 1953, ka whakahoutia te 40th Battalion, ka tango i te "Invercargill" hei nekehanga o tana rerenga, engari i te tau 1960 i whakauruhia ki roto i te Royal Tasmania Regiment, i hangaia ai te 'B' Kamupene i roto i te 1st Battalion Pentropically, Royal Tasmania Regiment. I te tau 1961, i whakawhiwhia te peihana ki nga honore whawhai i whakawhiwhia ki te &lt;a href="2/40th%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/40th Battalion&lt;/a&gt; <unk> he Wahanga Tuarua o te Mana Imperial o Ahitereiria <unk> mo tana whakauru ki nga pakanga i runga i
Timor i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao. I whakahoutia te ope taua hei 40th Battalion, Royal Tasmania Regiment, i te tau 1972, engari e toru tau i muri mai ka whakaitihia hei kamupene motuhake. I whakakotahitia ano me te 12th, he kamupene pupuhi motuhake, i te 1987 ki te hanga i te 12th/40th Battalion, Royal Tasmania Regiment, he patatoana o te Australian Army Reserve.