Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Rukunin ya kasance a Ceylon har zuwa Yuli 1942, lokacin da Brigades 16th da 17th suka kammala dawowarsu zuwa Ostiraliya. Lokacin da ya isa watan Agusta, an sake gina rundunar a Greta, New South Wales. A wannan lokacin, a New Guinea, Jafananci sun kasance
suna ci gaba zuwa Port Moresby. Sojojin 'yan bindiga da suka fara jinkirta ci gaba sun sami ƙarfafawa daga Brigade na 21 da na 25, kuma tare da waɗannan sojojin sun dakatar da ci gaban Jafananci. An tura Brigade na 16 bayan haka yayin da Ostiraliya ta fara kai hare-hare don turawa Jafananci baya zuwa ga rairayin bakin teku a kusa da Buna<unk>Gona. An sanya 2/1st Field Regiment don kare Port Moresby da farko, amma a watan Nuwamba an raba abubuwa na Baturi na 51 don tallafawa harin da Amurka ta 32nd Infantry Division ta kai a Buna, yayin da aka sanya sauran batirin don tallafawa harin da Division ta 7 ta kai a Gona. A watan Janairun 1943, Baturi na 2, da hedkwatar rundunar, sun ci gaba zuwa Buna, kuma an tura Baturi na 1 zuwa Wau inda suka goyi bayan Kanga Force a lokacin yakin Wau. A halin yanzu, an yi amfani da babban ɓangaren rundunar don tayar da Batirin Filin X a kusa da Pari, don yin amfani da bindigogi na 18-pounder a kusa da sabbin kayan aikin tashar jiragen ruwa a Buna, kafin a tura su zuwa Oro Bay. A watan Fabrairun 1943, an sauƙaƙe su ta &lt;a href="2/6th%20Field%20Regiment%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/6th Field Regiment&lt;/a&gt; kuma sun koma Port Moresby, yayin da Baturi na 1 ya kasance a Wau a duk lokacin yakin Salamaua<unk>Lae.