Ia tusia se faaauauina o lenei palakalafa - I le taimi o le Taua Lona Lua a le Lalolagi, o le 40th Battalion, faatasi ai ma se malosi faatagaina i le va o le 800 ma le 900, na faaauupegaina mo le auaunaga tumau i le 1943, ae e leʻi auina atu i fafo e tau ona o aiaiga o le "Defense Act". Ae ui i lea, i lalo o le taʻitaʻiga a le Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Bartley, na tumau pea i le faasologa o taua, o se vaega o le 12th Brigade, eseese na tofia i le 4th ma le 12th Divisions, ma faʻatautaia tiute puipuiga seʻia oʻo i le 2 Me 1945 ina ua tuʻufaʻatasia ma le 12th Battalion e avea ma &lt;a href="12th/40th%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29"&gt; 12th/40th Battalion&lt;/a&gt;, lea na mulimuli ane faʻateʻaina i le 29 Me 1946. I le 1953, na toe faatulaga ai le 40th Battalion, ma avea ai "Invercargill" ma ona vaega, ae i le 1960 na tuufaatasia i totonu o le Royal Tasmania Regiment, ma fausia ai le 'B' Kamupani i le Pentropically faʻatulagaina 1st Battalion, Royal Tasmania Regiment. I le 1961, na tuuina atu ai i le vaega taua le taua taua na tuuina atu i le &lt;a href="2/40th%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/40th Battalion&lt;/a&gt; <unk> a Second Australian Imperial Force unit <unk> mo lona auai i taua i Timor
i le Taua Lona Lua a le Lalolagi. Na toe faatūina le vaega o le 40th Battalion, Royal Tasmania Regiment, i le 1972, ae i le tolu tausaga mulimuli ane na faaitiitia ai i se kamupani tutoatasi. Na toe tuufaatasia ma le 12th, o se kamupani fana tutoatasi, i le 1987 e fausia ai le 12th/40th Battalion, Royal Tasmania Regiment, o se vaega o le Australian Army Reserve.