Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Afrilu na 1945, bayan watanni na yin kira daga Potts, wanda yake da sha'awar komawa cikin aikin kansa bayan an sake shi daga umurninsa na baya a lokacin yakin Kokoda
An tura bataliya ta 7 zuwa Torokina a tsibirin Bougainville, inda sojojin Japan ke ci gaba da tsayayya. A watan Yuni sun tashi daga Numa Numa Trail zuwa Pearl Ridge a tsakiyar ɓangaren tsibirin inda suka sauya 27th Battalion. Kusan nan da nan suka fara yin hare-haren hare-hare don su mamaye Jafananci a yankin da suke aiki kuma an ba su aikin kama wasu wurare masu mahimmanci ciki har da Wearne's Hill, Base Point 3, Tokua da Sisivie da kuma kafa wani matsayi a cikin Wakunai Valley. A cikin watanni uku masu zuwa har zuwa karshen yakin, rundunar ta kama wurare 25 kuma ta kashe kimanin sojojin Japan 200.