Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 26 ga Disamba, 1941, bayan da
Bayan mamayewar Japan na Malaya, Firayim Minista Winston Churchill ya umarci Janar Auchinleck da ya aika da wata runduna mai dauke da makamai zuwa Gabas ta Tsakiya. Auchinleck ya aika da Brigade Brigade Brigade na 7, ciki har da A Bty, 95th A / T Rgt, a karkashin Maj. RA Hemelryk tare da sojoji uku kowannensu na bindigogi biyu. Rukunin brigade ba zai iya barin Port Suez ba har zuwa ƙarshen Janairu 1942 kuma an yi niyyar zuwa Java, amma Jafananci sun kama tsibirin kafin ya isa Maris. Maimakon haka ya tashi ta hanyar Ceylon kuma ya sauka a Rangoon a Burma a ranar 21 ga Fabrairu.