Kammala wannan jumla: Kwamandan farko shi ne Brigadier Horace Robertson, wanda ya shiga daga Ostiraliya. An kafa sabon brigade a "Kilo 89" a Falasdinu kafin a mai da hankali tare da sauran Rukunin na 6 a Borg El Arab a Misira, inda aka gudanar da wani lokacin horo na gama gari, gami da atisayen matakin sashin, kafin brigade ta fara ayyukan yaƙi. A lokacin wadannan darussan, Brigade na 19 ya dauki matsayin kariya yayin da Brigades na 16 da 17 suka yi amfani da fasahohin kai hari. A watan da ya biyo baya, an tura rukunin na 6 zuwa kan iyakar Libya kuma a watan Janairun 1941 sun
An kama Bardia, lokacin da Brigade na 19 ya kasance ajiyar yanki kuma ya taka rawar gani kawai, yana ƙarfafa Brigade na 17 a cikin ayyukan da ke kudu da sansanin soja. Brigade ya taka rawar gani sosai a cikin kama Tobruk, yana motsawa ta hanyar rata da Brigade na 16 ya kirkira, don kai hari ga yankin tashar jiragen ruwa. Daga baya, sun shiga ci gaba a kan Derna sannan Benghazi, bayan haka aka janye su zuwa Ikingi Maryut don hutawa.