Kammala wannan jumla: Duk da haka, a ranar 8 ga watan Disamba, yayin da motar ta kasance a Durban, Jafananci
sun mamaye Malaya jim kadan kafin kai hari kan Pearl Harbor. A ranar 11 ga Disamba an raba motar, kuma an tura ɓangaren da ke dauke da 6th HAA Rgt (yanzu a cikin HM Transport "Aorangi") zuwa Singapore, inda ya isa ranar 13 ga Janairu, 1942. Da dama daga cikin jiragen ruwa da ke dauke da kayan aiki da motoci sun ci gaba zuwa Basra, amma 'yan bindigar sun yi amfani da bindigogi a kusa da tsibirin Singapore.