Order_of_battle_for_the_Kokoda_Track_campaign

Order of battle for the Kokoda Track campaign

Order of battle for the Kokoda Track campaign

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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

Source:[1]

Japanese forces

  • 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

Source:[2]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Anderson 2014, pp. 18–19.
  2. [2]
    Anderson 2014, p. 19.

References

  • Anderson, Nicholas (2014). To Kokoda. Australian Army Campaigns Series. Vol. 14. Sydney, New South Wales: Big Sky Publishing. ISBN 978-1-922132-95-6.
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