Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - The &lt;a href="2/1st%20Field%20Regiment%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/1st Field Regiment&lt;/a&gt; an tashe shi a ranar 31 ga Oktoba 1939 a Ingleburn, New South Wales. Rundunar ta ga aikin a Arewacin Afirka don tallafawa sashen na 6 na Australia daga ƙarshen 1940. Yayin da rukunin na 6 ya fara aiki a karon farko, rundunar ta shiga cikin yakin Bardia
, Tobruk da kuma Derna. An kama Barce na gaba, sai Benghazi. An sanya sunan Barce Lines a sansanin soja na 1st Field Regiment da ke Enoggera don tunawa da wannan nasarar. A watan Maris da Afrilu, an tura rundunar zuwa Girka, amma kamfen din bai daɗe ba yayin da mamayewar Jamus ta hanzarta mamaye sojojin Allied. An kwashe rundunar daga Kalamata, bayan da ta rasa bindigogi, kuma an sake gina ta a Falasdinu, kafin a janye ta zuwa Ostiraliya a farkon 1942, bayan shigar Japan cikin yaƙin.