A ranar 15 ga Nuwamba, Menzies ya sanar da sake gabatar da aikin tilastawa don aikin kare gida, wanda ya fara aiki a ranar 1 ga Janairu, 1940. Da farko, daukar ma'aikata ga AIF ya yi jinkiri, amma daya daga cikin maza shida na shekarun soja ya shiga cikin 1940 kuma babban adadin masu sa kai ya zo bayan da Faransa ta fadi a watan Yuni na 1940. Wannan rundunar ta fara aiki ne na farko na maza 20,000 da aka tsara a cikin wani rukuni na soja (rukunin na 6) da kuma raka'a masu taimakawa. AIF ya kasance daban-daban daga CMF, wanda aka ƙuntata shi a cikin Australia da yankunan waje, kuma an kafa shi ta hanyar tayar da sababbin raka'a maimakon canja wurin raka'a na CMF.
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