Unités australiennes en Nouvelle-Guinée

Bonjour. Je cherche à reccueillir deux informations complémentaires.

1. Quelles ont été les unités australiennes engagées dans la campagne de Nouvelle-Guinée ?

2. Quelles étaient alors leur composition ?

Merci.

Bonjour,

Dans la campagne de nouvelle-guinée voici les unités australiennes engagés :

3e, 5e, 6e, 7e, 9e Divisions d'infanterie...

C'est tout ce que j'ai trouvé...

Merci, c'est déjà beaucoup.

Bonjour.

Finalement je suis parvenu à trouver la composition des 6th et 7th Australian-Infantry Division
Je vous les donne :

- 2/1st Australian Mortar & Machine Gun Battalion
- 2/1st Australian Pioneer Battalion
- 6th Australian Divisional Cavalry

16th Australian Infantry Brigade (New South Wales)
- 2/1st Battalion
- 2/2nd Battalion
- 2/3rd Battalion

17th Australian Infantry Brigade (Victoria)
- 2/5th Battalion
- 2/6th Battalion
- 2/7th Battalion

19th Australian Infantry Brigade
- 2/4th Battalion
- 2/8th Battalion
- 2/11th Battalion Western Australia

Artillery
- 2/1st Field Artillery Regiment New South Wales
- 2/2nd Field Artillery Regiment Victoria
- 2/3rd Field Artillery Regiment New South Wales, Northern Australia
& Western Australia
- 2/1st Anti-Tank Regiment

Support units
- 2/1st, 2/2nd; 2/3rd Field Companies Royal Australia Engineer
- 2/1st Field Park Company RAE




- 2/2nd Australian Mortar & Machine Gun Battalion
- 2/2nd Australian Pioneer Battalion
- 7th Australian Divisional Cavalry

18th Australian Infantry Brigade
- 2/9th Battalion Queensland
- 2/10th Battalion South Australia
- 2/12th Battalion Tasmania

21st Autralian Infantry Brigade
- 2/14th Battalion Victoria
- 2/16th Battalion Western Australia
- 2/27th Battalion South Australia

25th Australian Infantry Brigade
- 2/25th Battalion Queensland
- 2/31st Battalion Queensland
- 2/33rd Battalion New South Wales

Artillery
- 2/4th Field Artillery Regiment
- 2/5th Field Artillery Regiment
- 2/6th Field Artillery Regiment
- 2/2nd Anti-Tank Regiment

Support Units
- 2/4th, 2/5th; 2/6th Companies Royal Australian Engineer
- 2/2nd Field Park Squadron


CORPS LEVEL UNITS ATTACHED TO THE 7th DIVISION

Corps Troops Artillery
- 2/9th Army Field Regiment
- 2/11th Army Field Regiment
- 2/13th Army Field Regiment
- 2/1st Survey Regiment

1st Australian Anti-Aircraft Brigade
- 2/1st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
- 2/2nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment
- 2/3rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment

Corps Troops Engineers
- 2/7th, 2/8th, 2/9th Field Companies RAE
- 2/3rd Corps Field Park Company

Cependant, je ne puis vous donner que partiellement les compositions des 3rd & 5th Divisions.

7th Australian Infantry Brigade (Queensland)
- 9th Battalion
- 25th Battalion
- 61st Battalion

15th Australian Infantry Brigade (Victoria)
- 24th Battalion
- 58/59th Battalion
- 57/60th Battalion

29th Australian Infantry Brigade (Queensland)
- 15th Battalion
- 42nd Battalion
- 47th Battalion



- 11th Battalion City of Perth Regiment
- 16th Battalion Cameron Highlander of Western Australia
- 19th Battalion South Sydney Regiment
- 22nd Battalion South Gippsland Regiment
- 28th Battalion Swan Regiment
- 36th Battalion St George's English Rifles Regiment
- 14/32nd Battalion Prahran/Footscray Regiment
- 29/46th Battalion East Melbourne/Brighton Rifles
- 37/52nd Battalion Hunt/Gippsland Regiment

NB : Vous trouverez composition de la 9th Australian Infantry Division dans l'article intitulé "Ming l'impitoyable dans le désert" qui se trouve dans rubrique consacrée au front d'Afrique

Cordialement