Pakutanga kwehondo, mauto eAustralia muMalaya aisanganisira 8th Division (asingasviki 23rd Brigade) pasi pekutungamira kwaMajor General Gordon Bennett, mana RAAF squadrons uye masere ngarava dzehondo. RAAF yakava yekutanga basa rekuona muCommonwealth apo ndege dzeAustralia dzaive mumvuri wekupinda kweJapan kuMalaya dzakapfurwa musi wa6 Zvita 1941. Zvikamu zveAustralia zvakapinda mukuyedza kusabudirira kwekukunda ndege dzeBritish dzakarwa pamhenderekedzo yegungwa, dzakatadza kurwisa ndege dzeRAAF uye dzichiperekedza ngarava dzehondo dzeJapan muMalaya.
Mukuru Mukuru Gordon Bennett