Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Hawan jirgin ruwan "Aronda" a Port Tewfik a ranar 12 ga Fabrairu 1942, ya tashi zuwa Ostiraliya. Bayan sun sauka a Port Sudan na ɗan lokaci, sai suka ci gaba zuwa Colombo sannan zuwa Fremantle, kafin su ci gaba zuwa makomarsu ta ƙarshe. Lokacin da ya isa Adelaide a ranar 28 ga Maris, 1942, 2/8th ya karbi bakuna a Strathalbyn kafin daga bisani ya tura jirgin kasa zuwa Arewacin Arewa, a karshen watan Mayu don karewa daga yiwuwar mamayewar Japan, wanda bai taba faruwa ba. A wannan lokacin, rundunar ta kasance kusa da Kogin Adelaide, game da kudu da Darwin. Daga can sun kasance a shirye su tura a fadin gaba idan akwai mamayewa. A watan Fabrairun 1943, Laftanar Kanar W. Stace Howden ya karbi umurnin rundunar bayan Winning ya karbi umurnin Brigade na 3. Yayin da aka aika da wasu sassan na 6th zuwa New Guinea a ƙarshen 1942 da farkon 1943 kuma sun ga yakin da Jafananci ke yi tare da
Kokoda Track da kewayen Wau, Brigade na 19 ya kasance a Darwin har zuwa Yuni 1943, lokacin da aka tura Brigade na 19 zuwa arewacin Queensland yayin da sauran brigades biyu na 6th Division - 16th da 17th - suka koma Australia daga New Guinea. Yayin da aka dawo da sashin zuwa ƙarfi, tsawon horo ya biyo baya. Sakamakon haka, har zuwa ƙarshen yakin da aka yi wa 2/8th a farkonta, kuma kawai, yaƙin neman zaɓe a kan Jafananci, wanda aka tura zuwa Aitape <unk> Wewak a watan Nuwamba 1944, yayin da Australiya ta karɓi daga sojojin Amurka a yankin.