Kokoda Track campaign order of battle
(Redirected from Order of battle for the Kokoda Track campaign)
This is an order of battle listing the Australian and Japanese forces involved in the Kokoda Track campaign from 21 July – 16 November 1942.
Australian forces
[edit]- New Guinea Force (Port Moresby) – Major General Basil Morris (19 May 1941 – 31 July 1942) / Lieutenant General Sydney Rowell (1 August 1942 – 30 September 1942) / Lieutenant General Edmund Herring (1 October 1942 – 29 January 1943)
- 7th Division – Major General Arthur Allen (18 April 1941 – 14 November 1942) / Major General Alan Vasey (temporary) (14 November 1942 – 23 February 1943)
- 16th Brigade – Brigadier John Lloyd
- 21st Brigade – Brigadier Arnold Potts / Brigadier Ivan Dougherty
- 25th Brigade – Brigadier Kenneth Eather
- 30th Brigade – Brigadier Selwyn Porter
- 3rd Battalion
- 2/1st Pioneer Battalion
- 2/6th Independent Company
- Papuan Infantry Battalion
- 14th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery
- 2/5th Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers
- 2/6th Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers
- 2/4th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps
- 2/6th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps
- 14th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps
- Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU)
- 7th Division – Major General Arthur Allen (18 April 1941 – 14 November 1942) / Major General Alan Vasey (temporary) (14 November 1942 – 23 February 1943)
Source:[1]
Japanese forces
[edit]- 17th Army Headquarters (Rabaul) – Lieutenant General Harukichi Hyakutake
- South Seas Force – Major General Tomitarō Horii
- 55th Infantry Group Headquarters
- 144th Infantry Regiment
- 1/144th Battalion
- 2/144th Battalion
- 3/144th Battalion
- 41st Infantry Regiment
- 1/41st Battalion
- 2/41st Battalion
- 3/41st Battalion
- 3rd Company, 55th Cavalry Regiment (less one platoon), plus Pom-Pom Gun Squad
- 1st Company, 55th Engineer Regiment, plus Materials Platoon (part strength)
- 2nd Company, 55th Supply Regiment
- Disease Prevention and Water Supply Unit, 55th Division (part strength)
- Medical Unit, 55th Division (part strength)
- 1st Field Hospital, 55th Division
- 1st Battalion, 5th Mountain Artillery Regiment
- 15th Independent Engineer Regiment
- 144th Infantry Regiment
- 55th Infantry Group Headquarters
- South Seas Force – Major General Tomitarō Horii
Source:[2]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Anderson 2014, pp. 18–19.
- ^ Anderson 2014, p. 19.
References
[edit]- Anderson, Nicholas (2014). To Kokoda. Australian Army Campaigns Series. Vol. 14. Sydney, New South Wales: Big Sky Publishing. ISBN 978-1-922132-95-6.