Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te marama o Hepetema 1942, ka whakatau a Blamey ki te tuku i te wehenga tuaono ki Papua hei awhina i te whakaekenga o te whakaterenga a Hapanihi i te taha o te
Ko Kokoda Trail. I toro atu ia ki a Lieutenant General Sydney Rowell, rangatira o te New Guinea Force me te I Corps, i Port Moresby ka patai ki a ia ko wai e hiahia ana ia ki te whakahau i te wehenga. I whiriwhiria e Rowell a Vasey, no reira ka riro a Vasey hei rangatira mo te 6th Division, a ka whakakapihia hei DCGS e Berryman. I muri mai i taua marama, ko te Tiamana Douglas MacArthur me te Pirimia a John Curtin i whakahau i a Blamey kia riro ko ia te rangatira o te Mana o New Guinea. Whai muri i te hinganga, ka tukuna e Blamey a Rowell tuatahi, ka whakakapia ia e Herring, katahi ka tae mai a Major General Arthur "Tubby" Allen o te 7th Division. I te 27 o Oketopa, ka rere a Vasey ki Myola ki te whakaora i a Allen.