title: Battle of Milne Bay order of battle
text: # 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
  
  ### Assault Force
  
  **Rear Admiral Mitsaharu Matsuyama**
  
  * 18th Cruiser Division Rear Admiral Mitsaharu Matsuyama
     * Japanese cruiser Tenryū
     * Japanese cruiser Tatsuta
  * 29th Destroyer Division
     * Japanese destroyer Urakaze
     * Japanese destroyer Tanikaze
     * Japanese destroyer Hamakaze
  * 23rd Submarine Chaser Division
     * CH-22
     * CH-24
  * Transport Group
     * Nankai Maru
     * Kinai Maru
  * Landing Force
     * 5th Kure Special Naval Landing Force
     * 5th Sasebo Special Naval Landing Force (part)
     * 19th Establishment Unit (part)
     * 8th Signals Unit (part)
  
  Source: Bullard, Steven (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 978-0-9751904-8-7.
  
  ## Allied forces
  
  ### Milne Force
  
      Major General Cyril Clowes
  
  **Headquarters**
  
  * Headquarters, Milne Bay Force
  * Headquarters, Royal Australian Engineers, Milne Bay Force
  * Headquarters, Signals, Milne Bay Force
  * Headquarters, Australian Army Service Corps, Milne Bay Force
  
  **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), an Independent Battery of the 2/3rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
  * Detachment, Signals, 2/3rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
  * Detachment, 3rd Light Anti-Aircraft Workshop Section, 2/3rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
  
  **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**
  
  * Detachment, Australian Defence Canteens Service
  * Detachment, Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit
  
  **7th Infantry Brigade**
  
  * Headquarters, 7th Infantry Brigade
  * J Section, Signals
  * 241st Light Aid Detachment
  * 9th Infantry Battalion
  * 25th Infantry Battalion
  * 61st Infantry Battalion
  * 7th Brigade Provost Section
  * 68th Field Post Office
  
  **18th Infantry Brigade**
  
  * Headquarters, 18th Infantry Brigade
  * 11 Platoon, Headquarters Guard Battalion
  * J Section, Signals, 7th Division
  * 2/47th Light Aid Detachment
  * 2/9th Infantry Battalion
  * 2/10th Infantry Battalion
  * 2/12th Infantry Battalion
  * 5th Section, 7th Division Provost Company
  * Detachment, 7th Division Postal Unit
  * Detachment, 7th Division Field Cash Office
  
  **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**
  
  * No. 75 Squadron RAAF
  * No. 76 Squadron RAAF
  * RAAF Operating Base
  * RAAF Signals
  * No. 37 Radio Station
  
  **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" (PDF). Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  
  