Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Tare da ƙarfin da aka ba da izini na kusan ma'aikata 900, kamar sauran rundunonin sojan Australiya na lokacin, an kafa rundunar ne a kusa da kwayar kamfanonin bindigogi guda huɗu <unk> wanda aka sanya 'A' ta hanyar 'D' <unk> kowannensu ya ƙunshi platoons uku. Bayan buɗe hedkwatarsa a Victoria Barracks, Sydney, a ranar 24 ga Oktoba 1939, ƙasa da makonni biyu bayan haka bataliya ta koma Ingleburn Army Camp, inda aka gudanar da horo na asali. A farkon 1940, an tura rundunar zuwa Gabas ta Tsakiya, ta isa Masar a tsakiyar Fabrairu 1940. Daga baya ya kammala karatunsa a Falasdinu. A farkon Janairu 1941, 2/2 ya shiga cikin
Yaƙin Bardia <unk> babban aikin ƙasa na farko na yaƙin da sojojin Ostiraliya suka ɗauka <unk> kafin a ƙaddamar da kama Tobruk a ƙarshen watan.