Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko te rangatira tuatahi ko Brigadier Horace Robertson, i uru mai i Ahitereiria. Ko te brigade hou i noho ki "Kilo 89" i Palestine i mua i te aro ki te toenga o te 6th Division i Borg El Arab i Ihipa, i reira he wa whakangungu kaha, tae atu ki nga whakangungu taumata wehenga i mahia, i mua i te tiimata o te brigade ki nga mahi whawhai. I roto i enei whakangungu, i whakawhiwhia e te 19th Brigade he mahi paruru i te wa e whakangungu ana te 16th me te 17th Brigades i nga tikanga whakaeke. I te marama e whai ake nei, i tukuna te wehenga 6 ki te rohe o Libya, a, i te marama o Hanuere 1941, i mau a ratou ki a Bardia
, i te wa ko te 19th Brigade te rahui wehenga, he iti noa te mahi, i whakakaha i te 17th Brigade ki te horoi i nga mahi ki te tonga o te pa. I whai waahi nui te piriti ki te hopu i a Tobruk, i neke atu i roto i te waahi i hangaia e te 16th Brigade, ki te whakaeke i te rohe tauranga. I muri mai, ka uru atu ratou ki te whakaeke i Derna, katahi ka Benghazi, i muri mai ka hoki mai ratou ki Ikingi Maryut mo te okiokinga.