Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An canza brigade zuwa 1st Motor Brigade a watan Maris <unk> Afrilu 1942. Bayan an canza shi zuwa brigade na mota, an karfafa brigade ta 16th Motor Regiment, wanda aka tura zuwa Gympie daga New South Wales. A wannan lokacin, an ba brigade aikin gudanar da ayyukan bincike da tsaro a yankin Bundaberg<unk>Maroochy River, a yayin mamayewar Jafananci. Wannan ya sa aka koma hedkwatar brigade zuwa Cooroy sannan Gympie a watan Afrilu da Mayu. An sanya brigade zuwa 5th Division, sa'an nan kuma aka canja shi zuwa umurnin kai tsaye na I Corps kafin daga baya aka canja shi zuwa 1st Motor Division. A watan Yulin 1942, an fadada yankin da brigade ke da alhakin hada da Maryborough a matsayin wani ɓangare na sake fasalin da ya zama dole ta hanyar aikawa da Rukunin 7 zuwa New Guinea don shiga cikin fadace-fadace tare da
Hanyar Kokoda.