Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - ụgbọ mmiri ahụ hapụrụ Sydney na 26 Ọgọstụ na ụlọ ọrụ nke ụgbọ mmiri iri na abụọ ndị ọzọ sitere na Task Force 74 na 75; ndị agha jikọtara ọnụ ruru Seeadler Harbour na 1 Septemba. Collins laghachiri n'ụgbọ n'ụbọchị nke 3 nke ọnwa Septemba, e kenyekwara "Australia" ọrụ n'ụgbọ mmiri Morotai.
dị ka ụgbọ mmiri nke Task Group 75.2, akụkụ nke escort na bọmbụ ike. Onye na-agba ụgbọ mmiri ahụ gbara mpaghara gburugburu ebe a na-agbadata na Cape Gila site na 06:50 ruo 07:40 na 15 Septemba; nke a dị mkpụmkpụ site na nkeji iri, ebe a kọrọ na iberibe shells sitere na "Australia" dara nso na onye na-ebibi ụgbọ mmiri, nke a na-etinye iji kpuchie ọdịda site n'akụkụ nke ọzọ nke Cape. Ụgbọ mmiri ahụ nọgidere n'ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri iji nye nkwado ọkụ ruo mgbede nke 16 Septemba, mgbe e kwere ka "Australia" na ụgbọ mmiri ndị ọzọ a na-ekenye n'ọrụ Task Force 74 ịlaghachi na Mios Woendi. "Australia" nọgidere ebe ahụ ruo na 27 Septemba, mgbe Task Forces 74 na 75 gara Manus Island, ebe ha nọ na-emega ahụ. N'oge a, onye British Admiral of the Fleet Lord Roger Keyes gara leta ụgbọ mmiri ahụ.