Waxyaabaha ay ka midka yihiin ciidamada RAN iyo RAAF ayaa sidoo kale ka qeyb qaatay xoreynta Filibiin. Afar markab oo dagaal oo Australia laga leeyahay iyo maraakiibta dagaalka, iyo "Westralia" oo ay weheliyaan tiro ka mid ah maraakiibta dagaalka ee yar yar iyo maraakiibta taageerada ayaa ka qeyb qaatay ka soo dejintii Mareykanka ee Leyte
20kii Oktoobar 1944. Ilo wareedyo Australia ah ayaa sheegaya in "Australia" ay noqotay markabkii ugu horreeyay ee Allied-ka ee uu ku dhufto kamikaze markii la weeraray intii lagu jiray howlgalkan 21kii Oktoobar, in kasta oo sheegashadan uu ka dooday taariikhyahankii Mareykanka Samuel Eliot Morison. Maraakiibta Australia ayaa sidoo kale ka qeyb qaatay Dagaalkii Gacanka Leyte, iyadoo "Shropshire" iyo "Arunta" ay la dagaallameen maraakiibta Japan intii lagu jiray Dagaalkii Surigao Strait bishii Oktoobar 25. Ciidamada badda ee Australia waxay ka qeyb qaateen duulaankii Khaliijka Lingayen bishii Janaayo 1945; intii lagu jiray howlgalkan, "Australia" waxaa ku dhacay shan kale oo Kamikaze ah kuwaas oo dilay 44 shaqaalaheeda ah waxayna ku qasbeen inay dib ugu laabtaan dayactir ballaaran. Maraakiibta RAN ayaa sidoo kale raacday kolonyo sahay ah oo Mareykan ah oo ku sii jeeday Filibiin. RAAF's No. 3 Airfield Construction Squadron iyo No. 1 Wireless Unit ayaa sidoo kale ka soo degay Filibiin waxayna taageereen hawlgallada Mareykanka ee halkaas ka socda, 1TAF waxay weerartay bartilmaameedyada koonfurta Filibiin iyagoo ka yimid saldhigyada NEI iyo New Guinea.