 Complete the following phrase:  In early 1943, the battalion returned to Australia as the 9th Division was brought back from the Middle East to deal with the threat posed by Japans entry into the war. After this, training was undertaken on the Atherton Tablelands in Queensland before the 23rd were committed to the fighting in the New Guinea campaign around Lae in September 1943. The battalions main involvement in the campaign was to carry out manual tasks such as unloading and carrying stores. Later, during the 