Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan wannan Honner ya ɗauki rawar horo, yana aiki a matsayin kwamandan jami'in horo na Australiya a Gabas ta Tsakiya, wanda aka tura shi a watan Oktoba 1941. Honner ya koma Ostiraliya a watan Mayu 1942. Bayan da aka sake haɗuwa da matarsa na ɗan gajeren lokaci an ba shi mukamin Laftanar Kanal kuma aka aika shi zuwa Papua inda aka ba shi umurnin Bataliya ta 39, waɗanda ke cikin wani kamfen mai ban tsoro game da sojojin Japan da ke yaƙi tare da Kokoda Track
Ka yi haƙuri. Tare da umarnin dakatar da ci gaban Japan a Isurava, Honner ya isa ranar 16 ga Agusta, 1942. Bayan ya isa matsayin battalion, Honner ya gano cewa sabon umurninsa ya riga ya ƙare daga cututtuka na wurare masu zafi da kuma daga baya yaƙe-yaƙe kuma ya kasance da yawa.