Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - N'ịga n'ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri na Cairns, Queensland, ndị agha ahụ mechara maa ụlọikwuu na Ravenshoe, Queensland. Mgbe oge ezumike, ọzụzụ na nhazi ọzọ, na July 1943, ndị agha ahụ natara otu nkwado site na 5th Motor Regiment, nke a gbahapụrụ. Obere ìgwè ndị enyemaka sikwa na &lt;a href="2/40th%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/40th Battalion&lt;/a&gt; ndị gbapụrụ n'aka ndị Timor
Ọ dị mma. N'ọnwa Ọgọstụ n'afọ 1943, e zigara 2/12th na Port Moresby, ebe a na-edebe 18th Brigade na ngalaba nchekwa, ebe ndị fọdụrụ na 7th Division na-agbachitere ụzọ dị iche iche na Lae dịka akụkụ nke Finisterre Range. N'ụbọchị ikpeazụ nke afọ ahụ, e kenyere ndị agha ahụ ịlụ ọgụ na Ugwu Finisterre. Ha mechara sonyere ndị ọzọ nke ndị agha ahụ na 4 Jenụwarị 1944 mgbe e jiri ụgbọelu buga ya na Dumpu iji belata 21st Brigade. Na mbido 1944, 2/12th sonyere na ọgụ gburugburu Shaggy Ridge, ebe ha mere ọtụtụ mwakpo na ugwu ugwu, gburugburu Protheroe I na II atụmatụ n'etiti 21 na 24 Jenụwarị. N'agbata ọnwa Febụwarị na Eprel, ha nọgidere na-arụ ọrụ na Ramu Valley, na-eme ngagharị tupu ha alọghachi Australia n'ụgbọ njem "Pahud" na Mee 1944.