Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure penguva pfupi chete yokuzorora, 2/1st yakaendeswa kuNew Guinea, ichisvika ikoko muna September 1942 sezvo mafashamo e
Hondo yeKokoda Track yakatanga kudzokera kumashure mukufarira kweVashandi. Bhatani racho rakazobatana neAllied kutsvaga kweJapan kuchamhembe kwakananga kumahombekombe avo akapoteredza Buna <unk> Gona, uye panguva yekurwisa, 2/1st Battalion yakabatanidzwa muhondo huru paEora Creek uye ipapo paGorari, ichiteverwa neSanananda pakati paGumiguru uye kupera kwaNovember 1942. Kurasikirwa kukuru kwakaitwa nebato racho mukati mekurwisa, nevanopfuura 60 muzana vakaurawa, vakakuvadzwa kana kuti vakabviswa vachirwara. Pashure pokurwisa Kokoda, 2/1 yakadzokera kuAustralia kunovakazve. Panguva ino vakagamuchira boka guru revashandi kubva ku49th Battalion, battalion yeMilitia yakanga yarwa yakapoteredza Sanananda isati yaputswa.