Battle of Milne Bay order of battle
This is an order of battle listing the Japanese and Allied forces involved in the Battle of Milne Bay from 25 August – 7 September 1942.
Japanese forces
8th Fleet
- Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa
Assault Force
- Rear Admiral Mitsaharu Matsuyama
- 23rd Submarine Chaser Division
Source: Bullard, Steven (translator) (2007). Japanese Army Operations in the South Pacific Area New Britain and Papua Campaigns, 1942–43. Senshi Sōshō (translated excerpts). Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Australian War Memorial. p. 169. ISBN 9780975190487. http://ajrp.awm.gov.au/ajrp/ajrp2.nsf/088031725e4569e4ca256f4f00126373/1fcb61d633972daaca257291000abf44?OpenDocument.
Allied forces
Milne Force
- Major General Cyril Clowes
- Headquarters
- Artillery
- 9th Battery, 2/5th Field Regiment
- 4th Battery, 101st Anti-Tank Regiment
- 2/6th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery
- Section, 23rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery
- Headquarters, 33rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery
- 440th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Gun Station
- 441st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Gun Station
- 2/9th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery (less E Troop)
- Detachment, Signals, 2/3rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
- Detachment, 3rd Light Anti-Aircraft Workshop Section
- Engineers
- 24th Field Company
- 2/4th Field Company
- Detachment, No. 2 Dock Operating Company
- No. 5 Section, 1st Bomb Disposal Company
- Signals
- Headquarters Company, Milne Force Signals
- No. 1 Company, Milne Force Signals
- Headquarters No. 2 Company, Milne Force Signals
- Headquarters No. 3 Company, Milne Force Signals
- Detachment, New Guinea Force Signals
- Infantry
- 7th Infantry Brigade Defence Platoon
- Supply and Transport
- 25th Company, Australian Army Service Corps
- 2/6th Company, Australian Army Service Corps
- Ordnance
- 101st Independent Brigade Group Ordnance Workshop
- 101st Independent Brigade Group Ordnance Field Park
- 18th Brigade Section, 7th Division Ordnance Workshop
- 18th Brigade Section, 7th Division Ordnance Field Park
- 123rd Forward Ordnance Depot
- 23rd Forward Ammunition Depot
- Medical
- 11th Field Ambulance
- 2/5th Field Ambulance
- 101st Casualty Clearing Station
- 308th Dental Unit
- 368th Dental Unit
- Miscellaneous
7th Infantry Brigade
18th Infantry Brigade
United States Army Units
- Platoon, 101st Coast Artillery (Anti-Aircraft) Battalion
- C Battery, 104th Coast Artillery (Anti-Aircraft) Battalion
- 709th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battery
- Company E, 46th Engineers
- 43rd Engineers (less Headquarters and E Company)
- Port Detachment
- Company A, 394th Quartermaster Battalion
- Station Hospital
Allied Air Forces
RAAF
US Army Air Corps
- 8th Fighter Control Squadron
- 694th Signal Plotting Platoon
Source:"War Diary, 11th Division General Staff Branch, August 1942, Appendix A, AWM52, 1/5/25-001". Australian War Memorial. http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/records/awm52/1/5/25/awm52-1-5-25-1.pdf. Retrieved 8 December 2011.