Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Duk da haka, a ranar 8 ga Disamba, yayin da motar ke 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.