Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Yakaita mimwe miedzo nokurovedza muEgipita nePalestine pamberi pevaAustralia vachiitwa kuti varwe navaItaly murenje reLibya muna January 1941 mukati meOperation Compass. Nhevedzano yezviito yakarwiwa navaAustralia kumativi ose
Bardia neTobruk, pamberi peBrigade yechi19 isati yapinda muBenghazi muna February. 2/8th Battalion yakanga iine basa duku chete muhondo dzokutanga, asi yakabatanidzwa zvikuru mukurwisana kweTobruk, ichikandirwa mukurwisana neItaly yakasimba yakatsigirwa nemapurisa. Muna April 1941, sezvo vaAllies vakatanga kunetseka nezvokupinda kweGermany muGreece, mauto eBritain, eAustralia neNew Zealand akaendeswa ikoko achibva kuNorth Africa. Pakati pemamiriro okunze anotonhora zvikuru, battalion yacho yakabatanidzwa mukurwisana kwakapoteredza Vevi, kuchamhembe kweGreece pedyo nomuganhu neYugoslavia, vaAustralia vasati vadzoswa shure neuto guru. Nhevedzano yekubva yakatevera, panguva iyo 2/8th yakarasikirwa neakawanda emidziyo yayo uye yakakamurwa kuita mapoka akati wandei. Sezvo maGermany akapinda munyika, 2/8th yakabviswa pakupera kwemwedzi kuburikidza neKalamata; chikamu chebhationi <unk> anenge mazana maviri evashandi <unk> vakatamiswa negungwa kudzokera kuEgypt, nepo vamwe vese <unk> vangangoita mazana mana evashandi <unk> vakaburitswa pachitsuwa cheKrete kubva kuRoyal Navy vanoparadza, vakatanga kutanga pa "Costa Rica", iyo yakanga yakanyudzwa munzira neAxis dive-bhomba dzinoverengeka.