Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan dawowa Masar, AIF ta sami lokacin sake tsarawa yayin da aka fadada shi daga bataliya biyu na sojoji zuwa biyar kafin a tura su Turai. Yayin da aka sake gina rukunin, an ci gaba da horar da shi kafin a tura shi zuwa Faransa, ya isa can a ƙarshen Maris 1916. A cikin shekaru biyu da rabi masu zuwa sun halarci yawancin manyan yaƙe-yaƙe da 'yan Australia suka yi a Yammacin Yamma. Babban aikin su na farko ya zo ne a Pozières a tsakiyar 1916 a matsayin wani ɓangare na Babban Yaƙin Somme, wanda aka yi sau biyu a watan Yuli da Agusta. A ƙarshen watan Agusta, an janye 18th zuwa Belgium don dawowa, kafin ya koma Somme a watan Oktoba. Ga sauran 1916, rundunar ta dauki nauyin tsaro tare da gaba, ko da yake ba su shiga cikin manyan hare-haren ba. A shekara mai zuwa, Jamus ta rage layin su kuma ta janye zuwa Hindenburg Line, bayan haka 18th Battalion ya shiga cikin fada a kusa da Warlencourt a watan Fabrairun 1917 yayin da Allies suka nemi bin hanyar janyewar Jamus. Wani ɗan gajeren ci gaba ya biyo baya kafin su zo da matsayi na gaba na Hindenburg Line. A watan Mayu, an yi amfani da 18th Battalion a karo na biyu na Bullecourt kafin ya koma Belgium inda suka ga karin aiki a kusa da Ypres Salient a Menin Road.
a watan Satumba da kuma Poelcappelle a watan Oktoba kafin su zauna don hunturu.