Kokoda Track campaign order of battle explained

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

• 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
      • 2/1st Battalion
      • 2/2nd Battalion
      • 2/3rd Battalion
    • 21st Brigade – Brigadier Arnold Potts / Brigadier Ivan Dougherty
      • 2/14th Battalion
      • 2/16th Battalion
      • 2/27th Battalion
    • 25th Brigade – Brigadier Kenneth Eather
      • 2/25th Battalion
      • 2/31st Battalion
      • 2/33rd Battalion
    • 30th Brigade – Brigadier Selwyn Porter
      • 39th Battalion
      • 53rd Battalion
  • 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)

Source:

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:

References

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