Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Bhatani rakatanga kusvika muDarwin musi wa9 Kubvumbi 1941 uye rakapedza mwedzi mipfumbamwe inotevera vachidzidzira uye vachiita mabasa evarindi; zvisinei, zvivakwa zvacho zvaive zvakasarudzika uye zvisina kugadzikana uye kugadzirira kwakakanganiswa nekushomeka kwemidziyo. Pashure pokupinda kweJapan muMalaya
Musi wa 8 Zvita battalion yakagadzirira kufamba, ichisvika paAmbon musi wa 17 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.