Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A kan hanyarsa ta gida, rundunar <unk> tare da Brigade na 16 da sauran Brigade na 17 <unk> sun sauka a Ceylon saboda tsoratar da barazanar mamayewar Japan a can. Bataliya ta kasance a can har tsawon watanni biyar, gina kariya da gudanar da horo a cikin dazuzzuka a wurare daban-daban ciki har da Lake Koggala, Weligama, Matara, Tangalle da Hambantota. Bayan barazanar mamayewa ta wuce, a ƙarshe bataliya ta koma Melbourne a kan jigilar HMT "Athlone Castle", ta isa farkon watan Agusta 1942, a lokacin da ake fama da yaƙi tare da Kokoda Track
a cikin Papua.