Kunyange zvazvo Hondo Yechipiri yeEl Alamein yakaratidza kuguma kwebasa guru reAustralia muMediterranean, zvikamu zveRAAF nemazana eAustralia akabatanidzwa nemauto eCommonwealth akaramba ari munharaunda kusvikira pakuguma kwehondo. Mushure mokunge 9th Division yabviswa, Australia yakaramba ichimiririrwa muNorth Africa nemapoka akawanda eRAAF ayo akatsigira kufambira mberi kwe8th Army kuburikidza neLibya uye neTunisia Campaign yakatevera. Vaparadzi vaviri vokuAustralia (uye) vakabatanidzwawo mukubhururuka kweAllied muNorth Africa
muna November 1942.