Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Satumbar 1942, an aika da Catterns, a yanzu kyaftin, zuwa New Guinea tare da &lt;a href="2/1st%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/1st Battalion&lt;/a&gt; inda ya ga aikin a Kokoda Track
, ya lashe Gicciye na Soja kuma an ambaci shi a cikin sakonni don ayyukan jaruntaka wanda kwamandan rundunarsa, Lieutenant Colonel Paul Cullen, ya motsa ya bayyana "mafi ƙarfin hali da na taɓa ganin wani mutum ya yi". Catterns ya yi aiki a New Guinea har zuwa karshen yakin, daga bisani ya kai matsayin mai girma.