Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Iyo regiment yakafamba musi wa 6 Zvita mungarava yeConvoy WS14 kuti ibatanidze Middle East Forces, asi musi wa 9 Ndira 1942, ichiri mugungwa, yakadzoserwa kuFar East zvichitevera
Kupinda kweJapan muMalaya. Gungano racho rakasvika kuSingapore musi wa13 Ndira, asi zvizhinji zvezvinhu zvechikwata chacho zvakaenda kuMiddle East, uye zvaifanira kugadziriswazve kubva kuSingapore. Nzvimbo dzendege dzeSingapore dzakarwiswa zvakasimba uye RAF yakadzosera ndege dzayo kuDutch East Indies: zvikamu zveAA zviri mungarava yeWS14 zvakatsauswa zvakare, zvikafamba musi wa30 Ndira uye zvakasvika kuBatavia paJava musi wa3 / 4 Kukadzi.