Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - He rua marama o te hararei i whai ake mo nga kaimahi o te piringa, i muri mai ka arotahi ki Ravenshoe, i Queensland. I konei i whakakotahihia ai te 1st Australian Corps, ka whakahoutia hei whakarite mo nga mahi a muri ake nei. I tēnei wā o te pakanga, ko te tūranga o ngā hōia o Ahitereiria i te Moananui a Kiwa, i riro i ngā hōia o Amerika, ā, he iti noa iho ngā whai wāhitanga whawhai mō ngā hōia o Ahitereiria i ngā tau whakamutunga o te pakanga i te Moananui a Kiwa. I te mutunga, he roa te whakangungu, a tae noa ki nga marama whakamutunga o te pakanga ka tukuna ano te 24th Brigade, i te wa i whakapau kaha ai ratou ki te tiaki i a Borneo. I roto i tenei pakanga, i whakahaua te 24th Brigade ki te taunga ki Labuan
, hei waahanga o te Pakanga o te Raki o Borneo, kia taea ai te whakanoho i tetahi punga i Brunei Bay mo te British Pacific Fleet.