Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe ha ruru ebe ha na-aga na Mee 1940, ndị agha ahụ sonyeere ndị agha abụọ ndị ọzọ nke 17th Brigade <unk> ndị &lt;a href="2/5th%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/5th&lt;/a&gt; na &lt;a href="2/6th%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/6th&lt;/a&gt; <unk> na Beit Jirja, na mpaghara Julius <unk>Gaza. Site n'ebe ahụ, ndị battalion ahụ tinyere aka n'ọzụzụ ọzọ na Palestine na Egypt ruo mgbe ndị Australia gara agha na nke mbụ ya na mbido Jenụwarị 1941 ka ndị Britain gara ọgụ megide ndị Italitali na North Africa. N'ụbọchị nke abụọ n'ọnwa nke asaa, e mere ihe n'ebe ahụ.
Bardia, ebe o guzobere ngalaba nchekwa na nke mbụ tupu ịwakpo ndịda site na oghere nke 2/5th guzobere n'akụkụ ụzọ ụgbọ okporo ígwè, na Tobruk, ebe 2/7th wakporo mpaghara ọwụwa anyanwụ. Ka oge na-aga, ndị agha ahụ rụrụ ọrụ ndị agha na Libya, guzobere onwe ha gburugburu Marsa Brega. Agha ndị a lụrụ na Libya gburu ndị battalion iri abụọ, gụnyere iri na ise nwụrụ n'agha, mmadụ iri asaa na ise merụrụ ahụ na otu onye e jidere.