Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - N'ịgbaso mwakpo nke December 8, 1941
, ndị agha ahụ sonyere na-alụ ọgụ megide ndị Japan dịka akụkụ nke mkpọsa Malayan. Ihe mbụ ndị Japan mere bụ ịwakpo ndị agha Briten na ndị India nọ n'ebe ugwu nke mba ahụ, na mbido ndị otu Australia, nke hiwere isi na ndịda gburugburu Johore, ahụghị ọgụ ọ bụla n'oge mmalite nke Mgbasa Ozi Malaya. Otú ọ dị, na Jenụwarị 1942, ka ndị Japan nọgidere na-aga n'ihu n'ebe ndịda ruo Johore, ndị agha ahụ malitere ịlụ ọgụ. Na mbido ọnwa Jenụwarị, otu ụlọ ọrụ <unk> 'D' Company <unk> nọpụrụ iche iji mee ihe mgbochi gburugburu Endau. Ka otu izu gachara, e zigara ndị agha ahụ ngwa ngwa n'ụsọ oké osimiri ọdịda anyanwụ iji nyere aka wusie ndị agha nke 29 ike, site na ijide ọnọdụ dị mkpa gburugburu Bakri. 2/19th mechara tinye aka na ọgụ siri ike megide ndị Japan n'oge onye isi ya <unk> Lieutenant Colonel Charles Anderson onye weghaara Maxwell mgbe nke ikpeazụ a kwalitere iji weghara iwu nke 27th Brigade <unk> nwetara Victoria Cross maka omume ya na-eduga ndị agha ad hoc nke ndị agha Australia na ndị India n'oge Agha nke Muar.