Seeing widespread use in the West African Desert, the Matilda aquitted itself well until it came into contact with more heavily armed and armoured German tanks such as the Panzer IV Ausf.F.  Later in the was the tank was used by the Australian Army during the campaign in Borneo, where it served until the end of the war.  The Matilda was the only British tank to see continuous service from the start of the War to the end.