Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ƙarshen 1943, an tura rukunin zuwa Italiya, suna shiga cikin kamfen ɗin Sojoji na Takwas a gabar tekun Adriatic na Italiya, wanda ya tsaya a ƙarshen shekara. A farkon shekarar 1944, rukunin ya kafa asalin kungiyar New Zealand Corps, ya yi yaƙe-yaƙe guda biyu yana ƙoƙari ya shiga cikin Gustav Line a Monte Cassino. Rukunin ya ga ƙarin aiki a kan Gothic Line a Italiya a 1944 kuma ya shiga cikin Allied 1945 Spring offensive, wanda ya haifar da mika wuya na sojojin Jamus a Italiya a watan Mayu. Bayan ya koma New Zealand, an sake tsara sassan sashen na zama wani ɓangare na sojojin da ke zaune a Japan
daga shekarar 1945.