Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te 2/32nd Battalion he roopu hoia o te Ope Taua o Ahitereiria, i mahi i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao. I hangaia i te Pipiri 1940 mai i nga hoia o Ahitereiria kua tukuna ki te United Kingdom i muri tata mai o te hinga o France, i tohua te patapata ko te "71st Battalion", i mua i te whakaingoa ano. Whai muri i tana whakangungu i te United Kingdom, i mahi te 2/32 i Awherika ki te Raki i te 1941-1942 hei waahanga o te 25th Brigade, i tukuna ki te 9th Division, i mua i te tohatoha ki te 24th Brigade. I te timatanga o te tau 1943, ka hoki mai te ope taua ki Ahitereiria, ana ka uru ki nga pakanga ki nga Hapanihi i New Guinea i te 1943-1944 huri noa i Lae me te Huon Peninsula, me Borneo,
i tae ki Labuan i waenganui o te tau 1945, i mua i te whakakorenga i te tau 1946.