Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Duk da haka, a watan Disamba na shekarar 1942 barazanar da ake yi wa Australia ta rage yayin da aka dakatar da ci gaban Japan bayan yakin da aka yi a cikin
Tekun Coral da Guadalcanal, da kuma yakin Kokoda Track. A sakamakon haka, an kiyasta cewa ba a buƙatar yawan adadin makamai masu linzami da aka kirkiro don kare Australia ba, kuma an umurci 2nd Armored Division don rushewa. Yayin da aka sake rarraba abubuwa na Brigade na 6 zuwa wasu sassan, an rushe Rundunar Sojoji ta 12 a ranar 13 ga Fabrairun 1943.