Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Sojojin Ostiraliya sun fara aiki a cikin Operation Compass, nasarar nasarar Commonwealth a Arewacin Afirka wanda aka gudanar tsakanin Disamba 1940 da Fabrairu 1941. Kodayake ba a sanye da sashin na 6 ba, amma ya kammala karatunsa kuma a ranar 14 ga Disamba, ya sauƙaƙe sashin na 4 na Indiya. Ganin aikin da aka kama na Italiyanci wanda aka kewaye shi ta hanyar Birtaniya ta 7th Armored Division a lokacin da ya ci gaba, a ranar 3 ga watan Janairu, sashen ya shiga cikin
aiki a Bardia. Ko da yake sansanin soja yana da karfi, sojojin Australiya sun shiga cikin Italiya da sauri tare da goyon bayan tankuna da bindigogi na Birtaniya. Yawancin masu kare sun mika wuya a ranar 5 ga Janairu kuma 'yan Australia sun dauki fursunoni 40,000. Rukunin na 6 ya bi wannan nasarar ta hanyar kai hari ga sansanin Tobruk a ranar 21 ga Janairu, ya tabbatar da shi a rana mai zuwa kuma ya kama Italiyanci 25,000. Bayan wannan, Ostiraliya ta tura yamma tare da hanyar bakin teku zuwa Cyrenaica kuma ta kama Benghazi a ranar 4 ga Fabrairu. Daga baya a wannan watan, an janye sashin na 6 don turawa zuwa Girka kuma an maye gurbinsa da sashin na 9 wanda ba a gwada shi ba, wanda ya dauki aikin garkuwa a Cyrenaica.