Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A karshen watan Agusta, "Australia" da kuma rakiyar wani New Zealand zama karfi
zuwa Samoa ta Jamus. Patey ya yi imanin cewa jirgin ruwan Jamus zai iya kasancewa a gabashin Pacific, kuma Samoa zai zama abin da ya dace. Bayar da kariya ga jiragen ruwa na New Zealand ya kasance abin farin ciki, ko da yake lokaci zai iya zama mafi kyau, kamar yadda wani balaguron Australiya ya mallaki New Guinea na Jamus ya tashi daga Sydney 'yan kwanaki bayan da sojojin New Zealand suka bar ruwa na gida<unk>" Ostiraliya " ana sa ran tallafawa duka biyu, amma Patey kawai ya koyi game da tafiye-tafiye bayan sun fara tafiya. Jirgin yakin ya bar Port Moresby a ranar 17 ga watan Agusta kuma ya sadu da "Melbourne" a hanya a ranar 20 ga watan Agusta. Kashegari, sun isa Nouméa da rundunar sojojin New Zealand, wadanda suka hada da jiragen ruwa "Moeraki" da "Monowai", da jirgin ruwan Faransa, da kuma uku s. Tsayar da "Monowai" ya jinkirta tafiyar tawagar har zuwa ranar 23 ga watan Agusta; jiragen ruwa sun isa Suva, Fiji a ranar 26 ga watan Agusta, kuma sun isa Apia da sassafe na ranar 30 ga watan Agusta. Birnin ya mika wuya ba tare da yaki ba, ya 'yantar da "Australia" da "Melbourne" don tashi a tsakar rana a ranar 31 ga watan Agusta don saduwa da sojojin Australia da ke kan hanyar zuwa Rabaul.