Bayan barkewar yaki a cikin Pacific mafi yawan abubuwa na Corps, ciki har da 6th da 7th Divisions, sun koma Australia a farkon 1942 don magance barazanar Japan ga Australia. Gwamnatin Australiya ta amince da buƙatun Birtaniya da Amurka don dakatar da sashen na 9 a Gabas ta Tsakiya don musayar ƙarin sojojin Amurka zuwa Ostiraliya da kuma goyon bayan Birtaniya don ba da shawara don fadada RAAF zuwa 73 squadrons. Gwamnatin ba ta da niyyar cewa sashen na 9 zai taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin gwagwarmayar gwagwarmaya, kuma ba a sake aikawa ba.
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