Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Bhatani racho rakatanga kusvika muDarwin musi wa9 April 1941 uye rakapedza mwedzi mipfumbamwe inotevera richidzidzira uye richiita mabasa evarwi; zvisinei, zvivako zvacho zvakanga zviri kure uye zvisinganzwisisiki uye kugadzirira kwakakanganiswa nokushayikwa kwemidziyo. Kutevera
Kupinda kweJapan muMalaya musi wa8 Zvita bataiyoni rakagadzirira kufamba, kusvika paAmbon musi wa17 Zvita sechikamu cheGull Force. Pasi pehutungamiri hwaRoach Gull Force yaive ne 2/21st Battalion yakatsigirwa ne anti-tank artillery, mainjiniya uye zvimwe zvombo zvinotsigira zvine simba rakabatanidzwa revarume ve1,100. Zvichakadaro, mauto eNetherlands East Indies pachitsuwa ichi aiva nevarume vanenge 2 600, kusanganisira makambani anoverengeka emauto eIndonesia uye zvombo zveDutch zvemahombekombe. Mauto aya akapiwa basa rokudzivirira Bay of Ambon uye nhandare dzendege paLaha neLiang dzaishandiswa nenhamba shoma yeDutch uye dzimwe ndege dzeAustralia kubva kuNo. 13 Squadron RAAF. Asi neuto duku reAustralia neDutch raiva nevarume 3700 chete, Roach akafunga kuti Ambon yaisazokwanisa kudzivirirwa nezvishoma zvaiva mumauto uye akakurumidza kukumbira vashandi. Iye akazoregedzwa kubva pakutungamira kwake, uye akatsiviwa naLieutenant Colonel John Scott musi wa 17 Ndira 1942. Nguva pfupi maJapan asati asvika, Scott akachinja nzvimbo dzakawanda dzaaiva nadzo, izvo zvakaita kuti uto racho risanyatsogadzirira kurwisa mauto acho.