Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan ɗan gajeren lokaci na hutu, 2/1st da aka tura zuwa New Guinea, ya isa can a watan Satumba na 1942 kamar yadda ruwa ya yi
Kokoda Track yaƙin ya fara juya baya a cikin goyon bayan Allies. Daga baya bataliya ta shiga cikin bin sahun Allied na janyewar Jafananci zuwa arewa zuwa ga rairayin bakin teku a kusa da Buna<unk>Gona, kuma a lokacin da aka kai hare-haren da aka kai wa 2/1st Battalion sun shiga cikin manyan fadace-fadace a Eora Creek sannan kuma a Gorari, sannan kuma Sanananda tsakanin Oktoba da ƙarshen Nuwamba 1942. An yi asarar rayuka da yawa a cikin rundunar a lokacin yakin, tare da sama da kashi 60 cikin dari da aka kashe, da rauni ko kuma aka kwashe su da rashin lafiya. Bayan yakin Kokoda, 2/1st ya koma Ostiraliya don sake ginawa. A wannan lokacin sun sami babban rukuni na ƙarfafawa daga Bataliya ta 49, bataliya ta Militia da ta yi yaƙi a kusa da Sanananda kafin a rushe ta.