Daga 1920s Australia ta tsaro shiryawa da aka mamaye da ake kira 'Singapore dabarun'. Wannan dabarar da hannu a gina da kuma kare wani babban sojan ruwa tushe a Singapore daga abin da wani babban Birtaniya rundunar zai amsa ga Japan zalunci a yankin. Don wannan dalili, wani babban rabo daga Australian sojojin a Asiya da aka mayar da hankali a Malaya a lokacin 1940 da kuma 1941 kamar yadda barazana daga Japan ya karu. A fashewar yaki da Australian sojojin a Malaya hada da 8th Division (rashin 23rd Brigade) a karkashin umurnin Major Janar Gordon Bennett, hudu RAAF Squadrons da takwas warships.
Babban Janar Gordon Bennett