Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Da suka isa makomarsu a watan Mayu na 1940, rundunar ta haɗu da wasu rundunonin bindiga guda biyu na Brigade na 17 <unk> the &lt;a href="2/5th%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/5th&lt;/a&gt; da &lt;a href="2/6th%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/6th&lt;/a&gt; <unk> a Beit Jirja, a yankin Julius <unk>Gaza. Daga can, rundunar ta ci gaba da horarwa a Falasdinu da Misira har sai 'yan Australia suka shiga yaƙi a karon farko a farkon Janairu 1941 yayin da Birtaniyya ta ci gaba da kai hari kan Italiya a Arewacin Afirka. 2/7th daga baya ya ga aikin a
Bardia, inda ya kafa ajiyar bangare a farkon matakin kafin kai hari kudu ta hanyar rata da 2/5th ya kafa zuwa layin dogo, da Tobruk, inda 2/7th ya kai hari ga gabashin yankin. Daga baya, rundunar ta dauki nauyin aiki a Libya, ta kafa kanta a kusa da Marsa Brega. Yakin da aka yi a Libya ya yi sanadiyar mutuwar bataliya 20, ciki har da 15 da aka kashe a cikin aiki, 75 da suka ji rauni da kuma wanda aka kama.