Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Rundunar Sojojin Ruwa da Sojojin Sojoji na Australiya (AN & MEF) sun fara kafawa sakamakon bukatar da gwamnatin Burtaniya ta yi a ranar 6 ga Agusta 1914. AN&amp;MEF ya ƙunshi rundunar bindiga guda 1,000 da aka yi rajista a Sydney - da aka sani da 1st Battalion, AN&amp;MEF - da masu ajiyar ruwa na 500 da tsoffin matukan jirgin ruwa waɗanda za su yi aiki a matsayin bindiga. Wani rukunin sojoji daga Rundunar Kennedy da ke Queensland, wanda aka tura shi cikin gaggawa zuwa garrison Thursday Island, shi ma ya ba da gudummawar masu sa kai 500 ga rundunar. A karkashin jagorancin Kanar William Holmes, AN & MEF sun tashi daga Sydney a ranar 19 ga watan Agusta a kan HMAS "Berrima" kuma sun tsaya a tsibirin Palm daga Townsville har sai sojojin New Zealand, wanda ke bin jirgin ruwa na jirgin ruwa, jirgin ruwa, da kuma jirgin ruwa na Faransa "Montcalm", ya mallaki Samoa.
a ranar 30 ga watan Agusta. Daga nan sai AN & MEF suka koma Port Moresby inda suka hadu da tawagar Queensland a cikin jigilar TSS "Kanowna". Daga nan sai sojojin suka tashi zuwa New Guinea na Jamus a ranar 7 ga watan Satumba amma "Kanowna" ya kasance a baya lokacin da masu aikinsa suka ƙi yin aiki. An kuma bar sojoji daga Rundunar Kennedy a Port Moresby kamar yadda Holmes ya ji cewa ba a horar da su ba ko kuma ba su da isasshen kayan aiki don yin alkawarin yin yaƙi da ake tsammani. Bayan kama mallakar Jamusawa a yankin a watan Satumba, AN & MEF sun ba da sojojin mamaye don tsawon lokacin yakin. Holmes ya koma Australia a farkon 1915 kuma ya sake shiga cikin AIF, kamar yadda yawancin mutanensa suka yi. An maye gurbin su da Bataliya ta 3, AN & MEF, wanda aka fi sani da " Tropical Force " saboda an sanya shi musamman don aiki a wurare masu zafi.