Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Matthews na-akpụ afụ ọnụ ya, a na-akpọkwa ya "Duke" n'ihi ọdịdị ahụ ya yiri nke Prince Henry, Duke nke Gloucester. E zigara ya dị ka onye ọrụ mgbaàmà maka Brigade nke 27, nke rutere Malaya n'August. Ndị Australia bụ akụkụ nke ndị agha na-agbachitere nke e guzobere n'ihi nchegbu na-arịwanye elu banyere agha nwere ike ịlụso Japan. N'okpuru iwu nke Brigadier Duncan Maxwell, ndị agha ahụ kwagara Jemaluang, dịka akụkụ nke Ngalaba nke 8 n'okpuru Major General Gordon Bennett. N'ịbụ nke nwere naanị brigades abụọ, e nyere ndị otu ahụ ọrụ ijide akụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Johore. Bennett kpaliri Brigade nke 22 n'ihu gburugburu Mersing ma jide Brigade nke 27 azụ dị ka nchekwa ya. Na December 1941 ndị Japan wakporo Malaya
, na 27th Brigade kwadoro ndị Allied na-eguzogide na Malay mkpọsa, ọ bụ ezie na mmalite nke ọgụ ahụ dị na ugwu, pụọ na mpaghara ndị Australia.