 By the end of 1934, the RPA was winning all the seats on the Bathurst Urban District Council and its successor the Bathurst Advisory Town Council, however, had no representation in the Legislative Council.During World War II, the Gambia Company became the Gambia Regiment, with a strength of two battalions from 1941.It fought in the Burma campaign and served for some time under the command of Antony Read, later the Quartermaster-General to the Forces.