Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - mauto eAIF akatumirwawo kubva kuDarwin kuenda kuNetherlands East Indies (NEI) mumavhiki okutanga eHondo yePacific. Mabhatani akasimbiswa kubva ku23rd Brigade akatumirwa kuKoepang muWest Timor ('Sparrow Force') uye chitsuwa cheAmbon ('Gull Force') kudzivirira nzvimbo idzi dzakarongeka kubva pakurwiswa kweJapan. &lt;a href="2/2nd%20Commando%20Squadron%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/2nd Independent Company&lt;/a&gt; yakatumirwawo kuDili muPortuguese Timor mukutyora kusarerekera kwePortugal. Simba raiva paAmbon rakakundwa nekumhara kweJapan musi wa30 Ndira, uye rakabva razvipira musi wa3 Kukadzi 1942. Vasungwa vokuAustralia vanopfuura 300 vakazourayiwa nemauto eJapan mukuuraya vakawanda kwakaitika muna February. Nepo simba reKoepang rakakundwa pashure pokunge maJapan asvika ikoko pana 20 February uyewo akarega, macommando eAustralia akatanga hondo yevagandanga
kurwisana navaJapan muPortuguese Timor kutozosvikira muna February 1943. "Voyager" uye vakarasika muna September naDecember 1942, zvichiteerana, vachishandira kutsigira macommando.