Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A Winnellie, rundunar ta shiga Brigade na 23 na Infantry, wanda shine kawai bangare na 8th Division wanda ya kasance a Ostiraliya a wannan lokacin; sauran brigades guda biyu an riga an tura su zuwa Malaya inda suke aiwatar da ayyukan garrison. Saboda haka, an yi imanin cewa ba da daɗewa ba za a tura rundunar kuma zuwan Darwin an fara bi da shi a matsayin lokacin daidaitawa. Daga baya, yayin da yaki da Japan ya zama mai yiwuwa, an tura rundunar bindigogi uku na brigade zuwa tsibiran da ke arewacin Ostiraliya: &lt;a href="2/21st%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/21st&lt;/a&gt; zuwa Ambon, &lt;a href="2/22nd%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/22nd&lt;/a&gt; aka aika zuwa Rabaul da &lt;a href="2/40th%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/40th&lt;/a&gt; zuwa Timor
Ka yi haƙuri. 2/14th, duk da haka, ya kasance a baya kuma ya zauna a yankin Darwin na shekara mai zuwa da rabi na horo da kuma aikin garrison. A sakamakon haka, bayan da Jafananci suka mamaye wadannan garuruwan, rundunar ta zama kadai na 8th Division wanda ba a hallaka shi ba. Ganin wannan, rundunar ta karbi gyare-gyare, ko da yake na wucin gadi, wani launi na launi wanda ya kunshi wani mashaya mai tsayi wanda ya gudana a tsakiyar ɓangaren da ke wakiltar "Broken Eighth Division"; lokacin da aka kama mutanen da aka kama daga 8th daga ƙarshe an sake su daga bautar, shirin shine cire bar.