 Complete the following phrase:  The battalions first experience of combat came during an attack against the Italian garrison at Giarabub in March 1941. This was followed by defensive actions during the Siege of Tobruk later in the year before the 210th joined the Allied garrison in Syria, which had previously been captured from the Vichy French. In early 1942, following Japans entry into the war, the 210th was withdrawn to Australia and in August 1942, at the height of the Japanese advance in the Pacific, the battalion was committed to the fighting around Milne Bay in the Territory of Papua, suffering heavy casualties in their debut in the Pacific. Further fighting came during the 