 Complete the following phrase:  Throughout the early part of the Second World War, the 28th Battalion undertook brief periods of continuous service, providing training to recruits who were enlisted following the re-establishment of conscription in January 1940 to improve the nations overall readiness. The provisions of the Defence Act precluded the Militia from being sent outside Australian territory to fight, so many of the battalions personnel volunteered to serve in the Second Australian Imperial Force 2nd AIF. After Japans entry into the war, the 13th Brigades units were mobilised for full-time service and pressed into home defence with III Corps, undertaking garrison duties to defend Western Australia against a possible invasion. When that threat passed, they moved to the Northern Territory, and the 28th Battalion established itself around 49-Mile Creek. Late in the war, the 13th Brigade was reassigned from the 4th Division to the 5th, and in November 1944 they were committed to the 