Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Gwamnatin Birtaniya ta yi tsammanin mamayewar Girka da Jamusawa suka yi a 1941 kuma ta yanke shawarar aika da sojoji don tallafawa Helenawa, waɗanda suke
sun riga sun yi yaƙi da Italiya a Albania. Rukunin New Zealand na 2, yanzu a cikakkiyar sa, yana ɗaya daga cikin rukunin Allied da aka tura zuwa Girka a cikin Operation Lustre a farkon Maris. An ba Brigade na 6 na Sojoji da aikin kare yankin bakin teku na Aliakmon Line a arewacin Girka, tare da Bataliya ta 26, ban da kamfani guda ɗaya, da ke kan Dutsen Olympus a matsayin ajiyar sashi. Daga baya a watan Maris, an maye gurbinsa da Battalion na 23 kuma ya ci gaba da komawa Brigade na 6 kusa da Katerini, inda ya shiga tsakanin Battalions na 24 da 25.