Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te 2/6th Cavalry Commando Regiment he roopu hoiho o te Ope Taua o Ahitereiria i mahi i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, a, i muri mai ka hurihia hei roopu commando. I hangaia i Ingleburn, New South Wales, i te Whiringa-a-rangi 1939, i whakaarahia i te timatanga hei rerenga mataaratanga patu i honoa ki te 6th Division. I taua tūranga, i kite te 2/6th i te mahi i te pakanga o Awherika ki te Raki me te Waenganui rawhiti i te 1940-1941, i te mea i tino kitea te reimana i nga waahi maha.
Ko Bardia, ko Tobruk me Hiria. I muri mai, whai muri i te urunga mai o Hapani ki te pakanga, i whakahokia mai te wehenga 6 ki Ahitereiria, a, whai muri i te whakahoutanga, ka hurihia te rerenga hei rerenga commando, ka whakauru i nga kamupene motuhake i hangaia i te timatanga o te pakanga. I te mutunga o te tau 1944, i tukuna te 2/6th Cavalry Commando Regiment ki New Guinea, i reira i uru ai ki tetahi o nga pakanga whakamutunga o Ahitereiria o te pakanga i te rohe o Aitape <unk> Wewak.