Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ƙarshen watan Agusta 1942, an tura Bataliya ta 2/9 zuwa yankin Milne Bay na New Guinea. Jafananci suna ci gaba zuwa kudu tare da Kokoda Track
kuma Allied m ya annabta wani hari a kusa da Milne Bay. A farkon watan Satumba, rundunar ta shiga cikin manyan fadace-fadace bayan Jafananci sun sauko da karfi don kama filayen jirgin saman Allied da ke wurin. A lokacin wannan gwagwarmaya ne Faransanci ya yi ayyukan da suka sa aka ba shi lambar yabo ta Victoria Cross. Rubutun da aka ba da lambar yabo ta VC ta Faransa ya karanta kamar haka: