Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - N'ịbanye n'ụsụụ ndị agha Australia na 3 Nọvemba 1939 e kenyere ya na &lt;a href="2/1st%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/1st Battalion&lt;/a&gt;. N'ịbụ onye a matara maka ikike ya, e zigara ya n'ụlọ ọrụ ọgụgụ isi nke isi ụlọ ọrụ nke 16th Brigade. Mgbe ọ bịarutere na Middle East na February 1940, e buliri ya n'ọkwa sergeant ma mesịa nye ya ọrụ dịka onye na-elekọta ndị ọrụ na June 27. Dị ka onye ọrụ nzuzo nke ndị agha, o sonyere n'agha nke Bardia
na Tobruk na Jenụwarị 1941. E zigara ya na &lt;a href="2/2nd%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/2nd Battalion&lt;/a&gt; n'ọnwa Mee ma soro ya jee ozi n'Ijipt na Syria.