Ka cika wannan jumla: Gwamnatocin Holland da na Ostiraliya sun yi tunanin kwashe ofishin, amma jami'in gundumar, Jean Victor de Bruijn, ya ƙuduri aniyar zama ya yi yaƙi don ya riƙe ɗan yankin Dutch East Indies da ya rage. A watan Yuli de Bruijn ya tafi Ostiraliya don gabatar da shari'arsa. A wannan lokacin, duk jiragen sama a Ostiraliya sun buƙaci ko dai Janar Douglas MacArthur ko gwamnatin Ostiraliya don yin yaƙi a
Gabashin New Guinea da tsibirin Solomon. Wannan ya sa de Bruijn ba zai iya samun ƙarfafawa ba. An yarda cewa zai koma tsaunuka tare da bindigogi da harsashi, amma ba za a iya ba da ƙarin taimako nan da nan ba. A safiyar ranar 5 ga Nuwamba, 1942, wani jirgin sama ya dauke shi daga Merauke zuwa Enarotali.