Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan hare-haren jiragen sama na Japan sun fara a watan Janairun 1942, mamayewar ta zo ne a watan da ya gabata a ranar 20 ga Fabrairun 1942, tare da sojojin Japan da ke gudanar da saukar jiragen sama da na amphibious a kusa da tsibirin. Da yawa kuma tare da iyakantaccen kayan aiki, bayan tuntuɓar farko, bataliya ta lalata filin jirgin sama kuma ta koma cikin gida, ta rage wasu matsayi na Jafananci yayin da suka tafi, gami da kai hari kan dutsen da Jafananci na 228th Infantry Regiment ya sha wahala aƙalla asarar 123 a ranar 22 ga Fabrairu. Da safiyar ranar 23 ga watan Fabrairu, halin da ake ciki ya kasance mai ban tsoro kuma dukan rundunar ta kewaye da Champlong. Ba tare da samun kariya ta iska ba kuma ya fuskanci wata matsala don mika wuya ko kuma a yi masa mummunar hare-haren iska wanda zai iya kawar da bataliya, Leggatt ya tilasta masa ya ba da umurninsa kuma a sakamakon haka an kama mafi yawan 2/40th. Wasu sun yi nasarar tserewa, duk da haka, yayin da wasu da aka raba su a wasu wurare suka guje wa kamawa kuma suka shiga cikin yakin basasa da ya biyo baya
kafin a sake dawowa Australia a watan Disamba na shekarar 1942. Wadannan ma'aikatan sun watse zuwa wasu raka'a, tare da wasu daga baya aka tura su zuwa &lt;a href="2/12th%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/12th Battalion&lt;/a&gt;, kuma ba a sake gyara 2/40th Battalion ba.