 Kọkọ parí gbólóhùn yìí: : Ogun ti Wau ni January 1943, Blamey gba ogun naa nipa ṣiṣe ipinnu lori oye, gbigbe Brigade 17th Infantry lati Milne Bay ni akoko lati ṣẹgun ikọlu Japanese. Dudley McCarthy, tó jẹ òpìtàn ìjọba, kọwé lẹyìn náà pé: 