title: Order of battle for the Kokoda Track campaign
text: # 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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