Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:
pakumhara musi wa 8 Zvita 1941, batachoni yakazobatanidzwa mukurwisa maJapan sechikamu cheMalayan Campaign. Kurwiswa kwokutanga kweJapan kwakarova mauto eBritish neIndia kuchamhembe kwenyika, uye pakutanga mauto eAustralia, ayo aive akavakirwa kunyanya kumaodzanyemba kwakatenderedza Johore, haana kuona kurwa panguva dzekutanga dzeMalayan Campaign. Muna January 1942, zvisinei, sezvo maJapan akapfuurira kumaodzanyemba kupinda muJohore, battalion yakaenda kunorwa. Mukuvamba kwaJanuary, imwe kambani <unk> 'D' Kambani <unk> yakaparadzaniswa kuti iite zviito zvinononoka kumativi eEndau. Mushure mevhiki, battalion yakakurumidza kutumirwa kumhenderekedzo yekumadokero kunobatsira kusimbisa &lt;a href="2/29th%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/29th Battalion&lt;/a&gt;, nekutora nzvimbo yakakosha yemigwagwa yakatenderedza Bakri. 2/19th yakazopinda mukurwa kwakasimba kurwisa maJapan panguva iyo mukuru wayo mukuru - Lieutenant Colonel Charles Anderson uyo akatora kubva kuna Maxwell apo wekupedzisira akasimudzirwa kuti atore kutungamira kwe27th Brigade - akawana Victoria Cross nekuda kwezviito zvake zvinotungamira ad hoc simba revarwi veAustralia neIndia panguva yehondo yeMuar.