Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A karkashin babban kwamandan Kanar William Holmes, AN &amp; MEF ya bar Sydney a ranar 19 ga Agusta a cikin HMAS "Berrima" kuma ya tsaya a tsibirin Palm daga Townsville har sai sojojin New Zealand, wanda ke tare da jirgin ruwa na yaƙi, jirgin ruwa, da kuma jirgin ruwa na Faransa "Montcalm", ya mamaye Samoa
a ranar 30 ga watan Agusta. Daga nan sai AN & MEF suka koma Port Moresby inda suka hadu da tawagar Queensland a cikin jigilar TSS "Kanowna". Daga nan sai sojojin suka tashi zuwa New Guinea na Jamus a ranar 7 ga watan Satumba amma "Kanowna" ya kasance a baya lokacin da masu aikinsa suka ƙi yin aiki. An kuma bar sojoji daga Rundunar Kennedy a Port Moresby kamar yadda Holmes ya ji cewa ba a horar da su ba ko kuma ba su da isasshen kayan aiki don yin alkawarin yin yaƙi da ake tsammani.