Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Sojojin Ostiraliya sun fara aiki a cikin Operation Compass, nasarar nasarar Commonwealth a Arewacin Afirka wanda aka gudanar tsakanin Disamba 1940 da Fabrairu 1941. Kodayake ba a sanye da sashin na 6 ba, amma ya kammala karatunsa kuma a ranar 14 ga Disamba, ya sauƙaƙe sashin na 4 na Indiya. Ganin aikin da aka kama na Italiyanci da aka yi wa Birtaniya ta 7th Armored Division a lokacin da ya ci gaba, a ranar 3 ga watan Janairu, sashen ya shiga aikin a Bardia
Ka yi haƙuri. Ko da yake sansanin soja yana da karfi, sojojin Australiya sun shiga cikin Italiya da sauri tare da goyon bayan tankuna da bindigogi na Birtaniya. Yawancin masu kare sun mika wuya a ranar 5 ga Janairu kuma 'yan Australia sun dauki fursunoni 40,000. Rukunin na 6 ya bi wannan nasarar ta hanyar kai hari ga sansanin Tobruk a ranar 21 ga Janairu, ya tabbatar da shi a rana mai zuwa kuma ya kama Italiyanci 25,000. Bayan wannan, Ostiraliya ta tura yamma tare da hanyar bakin teku zuwa Cyrenaica kuma ta kama Benghazi a ranar 4 ga Fabrairu. Daga baya a wannan watan, an janye sashin na 6 don turawa zuwa Girka kuma an maye gurbinsa da sashin na 9 wanda ba a gwada shi ba, wanda ya dauki aikin garkuwa a Cyrenaica.