Cika wannan jumlar: A watan Satumbar 1942, an tura Catterns, wanda yanzu ya zama kyaftin, zuwa New Guinea tare da &lt;a href="2/1st%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/1st Battalion&lt;/a&gt; inda ya ga aikin a kan
Kokoda Track, ya lashe Gicciye na Soja kuma an ambaci shi a cikin sakonni don ayyukan jaruntaka wanda kwamandan rundunarsa, Lieutenant Colonel Paul Cullen, ya motsa ya bayyana "mafi ƙarfin hali da na taɓa ganin wani mutum ya yi". Catterns ya yi aiki a New Guinea har zuwa karshen yakin, daga bisani ya kai matsayin mai girma.