Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te 52nd Battalion he roopu hoia o te ope taua o Ahitereiria. I whakaarahia mai i te tau 1916 hei waahanga o te Australian Imperial Force mo te mahi i te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao. I muri i te whakangungu i Ihipa, i uru te peihana ki nga pakanga i nga rori o te Hauauru o te Hauauru i Parani me Belgium, tae atu ki nga pakanga nui i Mouquet Farm, Messines, Polygon Wood, Dernancourt me
Ko Villers-Bretonneux. I te marama o Mei 1918, i whakakorehia te poari hei whakarato whakapakari mo etahi atu waahanga o Ahitereiria. Whai muri i te pakanga, i whakaarahia ano te peihana hei waahanga wa-waahi i Wikitoria i te tau 1921 ka mahi tae noa ki te 1930 i te wa i whakakotahihia ai me te 37th Battalion hei &lt;a href="37th/52nd%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29"&gt;37th/52nd Battalion&lt;/a&gt;. I te tau 1936, i whakahoutia te puranga, a, i te timatanga o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i mahi i nga mahi a te hoia i Ahitereiria i mua i te whakakotahitanga ano me te 37th Battalion i te 1942.