N'ọnwa Septemba n'afọ 1942, e zigara Catterns, onye bụzi onyeisi ndị agha, na New Guinea na &lt;a href="2/1st%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/1st Battalion&lt;/a&gt; ebe ọ hụrụ ihe na-eme na Kokoda Track
, na-emeri Military Cross na a na-kwuru na despatches maka omume nke gallantry nke ya battalion ọchịagha, Lieutenant Colonel Paul Cullen, kpaliri ikwusa "ndị kasị nwee obi ike ihe m mgbe hụrụ a nwoke na-eme". Catterns jere ozi na New Guinea ruo oge fọdụrụ n'agha ahụ, mechaa ruo ọkwa onye isi.