Buuxi weedha soo socota: Ciidamada Badda iyo Milatariga ee Australia (AN&amp;MEF) waxay bilaabeen inay sameystaan kadib codsi ka yimid dowladda Ingiriiska 6dii Agoosto 1914. AN&amp;MEF waxay ka koobnayd hal guuto oo ciidanka lugta ah oo ka kooban 1,000 nin oo ka soo qortay Sydney oo loo yaqaan Guutada 1aad, AN&amp;MEF oo lagu daray 500 oo ka mid ah ilaalada badda iyo badmaaxiyiin hore oo u adeegi lahaa sida ciidanka lugta ah. Guuto kale oo ka tirsan ciidanka milatariga ee saldhiggoodu yahay Queensland ee Kennedy Regiment, oo si deg deg ah loogu diray saldhigga jasiiradda Khamiista, ayaa sidoo kale 500 oo mutadawiciin ah ugu deeqay ciidanka. Hogaanka Kornayl William Holmes, AN&amp;MEF waxay ka baxday Sydney 19kii Ogosto iyagoo saaran HMAS "Berrima" waxayna ku hakadeen Palm Island oo ka baxsan Townsville ilaa ciidanka New Zealand, oo ay wehliyaan dagaal-oogaha dagaalka, doonta, iyo doonta Faransiiska "Montcalm",
waxay qabsadeen Samoa 30kii Agoosto. AN&amp;MEF waxay markaa u dhaqaaqday Port Moresby halkaas oo ay kula kulantay kooxda Queensland ee saaran gaadiidka TSS "Kanowna". Ciidanka ayaa ka dib u dhoofay New Guinea Jarmalka 7 Sebtember laakiin "Kanowna" ayaa laga tagay markii ay diideen inay shaqeeyaan. Askarta ka tirsan Kennedy Regiment ayaa sidoo kale laga tagay Port Moresby maadaama Holmes uu dareemay in aan loo tababarin ama aan loo qalabeyn si ku filan si ay ugu lug yeeshaan dagaalka la filayay. Kadib qabsashadii hantida Jarmalka ee gobolka bishii Sebtember, AN&amp;MEF waxay bixisay ciidamada gumaysiga muddadii dagaalka. Holmes wuxuu dib ugu laabtay Australia horaantii 1915 wuxuuna dib ugu biiray AIF, sida ay sameeyeen inta badan raggiisa. Waxaa lagu badalay Guutada 3aad, AN&amp;MEF, oo loo yaqaan "Tropical Force" maxaa yeelay waxaa si gaar ah loogu qoray adeegga kulaylaha.