Cika jumla mai zuwa:
Saukowa a ranar 8 ga Disamba, 1941, bataliya daga baya ta shiga cikin yaƙi da Jafananci a matsayin wani ɓangare na kamfen na Malaya. Farkon hare-haren na harin na Japan ya fadi ne a kan sojojin Burtaniya da na Indiya a arewacin kasar, kuma da farko rukunin Australiya, waɗanda ke zaune a kudu kusa da Johore, ba su ga wani yaƙi ba a farkon matakan Kamfen na Malayan. A cikin Janairu 1942, duk da haka, yayin da Jafananci suka ci gaba da kudu zuwa Johore, rundunar ta shiga aiki. A farkon watan Janairu, an raba wani kamfani <unk> 'D' Kamfanin <unk> don gudanar da ayyukan jinkiri a kusa da Endau. Mako guda bayan haka, an tura rundunar cikin gaggawa zuwa gabar yamma don taimakawa karfafawa &lt;a href="2/29th%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/29th Battalion&lt;/a&gt;, ta hanyar mamaye mahimmin matsayi a kusa da Bakri. 2/19th daga baya ya shiga cikin gwagwarmaya mai tsanani da Jafananci yayin da kwamandansa - Laftanar Kanar Charles Anderson wanda ya karɓi Maxwell lokacin da aka ba da izinin karɓar kwamandan Brigade na 27 - ya sami lambar yabo ta Victoria saboda ayyukansa na jagorantar wani ad hoc karfi na sojojin Ostiraliya da Indiya a lokacin Yaƙin Muar.