I le amataga o le taua, na aofia ai le vaega lona 8 a Ausetalia i Malaya (e leʻi aofia ai le 23rd Brigade) i lalo o le faʻatonuga a Major General Gordon Bennett, fa RAAF squadrons ma valu vaʻa taua. O le RAAF na avea ma muamua tautua e vaʻai i gaioiga i le Pasefika aʻo faʻataʻamilomiloina e Ausetalia vaʻalele le osofaʻiga a Iapani mo Malaya na fanaina i le aso 6 Tesema 1941. O iunite Ausetalia na auai i taumafaiga le manuia e faʻatoʻilaloina le vaʻalele a Peretania i luga o le matafaga, osofaʻia le vaʻa vaʻalele a le RAAF ma le vaʻa vaʻalele a le Prince of Wales i le taimi o le osofaʻiga a Iapani.
Major General Gordon Bennett (Tagata Aoao Gordon Bennett)