Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: 18th Battalion yakanga iri yuniti yokutanga yeRece Corps itsva kuona chiito. Pamwe chete ne18th Division yakanga yatumirwa ichibva kuEngland yakananga kuMiddle East Command, asi ichiri muIndian Ocean yakachinjirwa kuFar East zvichitevera
Kupinda kweJapan muMalaya. Mushure mokupinda muIndia, yakatevera muviri mukuru weboka kuSingapore, ichidzika musi wa 5 February 1942. Zvavakanga varasikirwa nechikamu chikuru chezvombo zvavo nemidziyo apo mabhomba eJapane akarwisa ngarava yavo yevarwi "Empress of Asia", chikwata chacho chakakurumidza kugadziriswazve seboka revarwi uye vakaenda kuchamhembe kwechikamu chekudzivirirwa kweSingapore Island. Makambani maviri akaparadzaniswa ne54th Bde, mamwe ose aiva neDivisional HQ.