Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'ịgbaso nhazi nke usoro nke ndị agha Australia, nke hụrụ ka ndị agha ọ bụla na-ebelata site na battalion anọ na-agafe agafe ruo atọ, e kenyere battalion ahụ na 19th Brigade. Mgbanwe a mere mgbe 2/4 nọ n'oké osimiri, na mgbe ọ bịarutere na Middle East, ọ gbakọtara n'ogige dị na Kilo 89, nso Gaza, na Palestine ebe ọ sonyeere &lt;a href="2/8th%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/8th&lt;/a&gt; na &lt;a href="2/11th%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/11th Battalion&lt;/a&gt;s. N'oge dị mkpirikpi, mgbe Ịtali sonyere n'agha ahụ, a gbanwere battalion ahụ ka ọ bụrụ ndị agha mgbochi ụgbọelu ma were ya rụọ ọrụ na nchekwa nke Haifa, tupu e weghachite ya na battalion ndị agha na August 1940. Mgbe ha sonyechara na 19th Brigade, 2/4th mere mmemme na ọzụzụ ọzọ na Egypt na Palestine tupu ndị Australia etinye aka na ọgụ megide ndị Italiantali n'ọzara Libya na Jenụwarị 1941 n'oge Operation Compass. Ndị Ọstrelịa lụrụ ọtụtụ ọgụ gburugburu
Bardia, Tobruk na Derna, tupu 2/4th abanye Benghazi na February. N'ịbụ ndị nọ na Bardia, isi ọrụ battalion ahụ gbara gburugburu Derna. N'oge a na-eme ihe a, onye isi ndị agha nke abụọ nke battalion, Major Robert Winning, mere atụmatụ aghụghọ, na-adọta ọkụ ndị agha Italy na-agba n'ala onye ọ bụla. Ndị agha ahụ mechara weghara Benghazi na mbido ọnwa Febụwarị.