Kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Kusvika kwavaienda muna Chivabvu 1940, battalion yakabatana nemamwe mabhatani maviri e17th Brigade <unk> iyo &lt;a href="2/5th%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/5th&lt;/a&gt; uye &lt;a href="2/6th%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/6th&lt;/a&gt; <unk> paBeit Jirja, munzvimbo yeJulius <unk>Gaza. Kubva ipapo, battalion yacho yakabatanidzwa mukudzidziswazve muPalestine neEgypt kusvikira vaAustralia vaenda kuhondo kokutanga mukuvamba kwaJanuary 1941 sezvo vaBritain vakaenda kunorwisa vaItaly muNorth Africa. 2/7th gare gare yakaona chiito paBardia
, kwayakagadzira divi rezvekuchengetedza muchikamu chekutanga isati yarwisa kumaodzanyemba kuburikidza negap yakagadzirwa ne2/5th yakananga kune njanji switchline, uye Tobruk, uko 2/7th yakarwisa chikamu chekumabvazuva. Gare gare, battalion yakaita mabasa evarindi muLibya, ichizvimisikidza padyo neMarsa Brega. Kurwisana muLibya kwakauraya battalion yacho 20, kusanganisira 15 vakaurayiwa muchiito, 75 vakakuvadzwa uye mumwe akabatwa.