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Bardia, wanda aka kama daga Italiya a cikin kwanaki da yawa. Wannan ya biyo baya a cikin watan da aka kama Tobruk, inda Brigade na 16 ya kasance yayin da sauran brigades guda biyu na 6th Division, 17th da 19th, suka shiga cikin wasu ayyuka a kusa da Derna da Benghazi. A watan Maris, rundunar ta tattara a kusa da Amiriya yayin da suke shirye-shiryen turawa zuwa Girka, don mayar da martani ga mamayewar Jamus. A lokacin yakin Girka, Brigade na 16 ya mamaye Seria kafin ya kafa kansa a Veria Pass. Yayin da hare-haren Jamus ya fara, 2/1st Battalion ya ba da kariya yayin da brigade ya janye tare da New Zealand 4th Brigade. Wani nasarar da Jamus ta samu a Tempe Gorge ya haifar da sake janyewa yayin da 2/2nd da 2/3rd Battalions suka ba da tsaro yayin da Anzac Corps ya janye ta hanyar Larissa. Bayan wannan, an umurci brigade da ya kwashe, kuma an janye abubuwa ta teku a Kalamata. An kwashe yawancin brigade zuwa Misira kuma daga baya aka sake kafa shi a Falasdinu; duk da haka, abubuwan da ke cikin brigade sun sauka a Crete. An sauko da 2/1 a matsayin cikakke kuma an tura shi don kare filin jirgin sama a Retimo, yayin da aka kafa sassan 2/2nd da 2/3rd a cikin Brigade na 16th Composite Battalion. A lokacin yakin, an hallaka 2/1st a lokacin yakin Crete, tare da yawancin da aka kama.