 Its formation sign was an arrow, pointing bottom left to top right, in yellow on a black background.The division was sometimes known as the "Golden Arrow" division from this sign.When first formed, the division consisted of the 13th, 14th and 16th Indian Infantry Brigades, but within eighteen months, both the 13th and 16th Brigades were removed and dispatched to Burma, where both fought during the Japanese conquest of Burma.