Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te whakatūnga o te Rōpū Tiaki Pū o te Tiaki i te tīmatanga o te ngahuru o te tau 1941, ka noho te 153 hei wāhanga o te Rōpū Tautoko Tiaki. I ngaro taua hanganga i roto i nga huringa o waenganui o te tau 1942, a ko te 153 te waahanga o te wehenga i a ia e whawhai ana i te raki o Parani
tae noa ki te tukunga iho o Tiamana. I nekehia te 154 ki Awherika ki te Raki i te 1942, ka neke ki Persia me Iraq Command i te Hanuere 1943 me te 6th Indian Infantry Division. I hoki mai ki Awherika ki te Raki i te Paenga-whawha, ka tukuna ki te 10th Indian Infantry Division, ka mahi tahi me te pakanga o Awherika ki te Raki me te pakanga o Itari. I te Hōngongoi 1945, i te taha o te British 78th Infantry Division, he waahanga o nga ope noho ki Austria.