Order of battle for the Kokoda Track campaign
# 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

* 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)

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## 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

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