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.
Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa
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 (translator) (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.
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)
Detachment, Signals, 2/3rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
Detachment, 3rd Light Anti-Aircraft Workshop Section
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
Headquarters, 7th Infantry Brigade
J Section, Signals
241th Light Aid Detachment
9th Infantry Battalion
25th Infantry Battalion
61st Infantry Battalion
7th Brigade Provost Section
68th Field Post Office
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
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
No. 75 Squadron RAAF
No. 76 Squadron RAAF
RAAF Operating Base
RAAF Signals
No. 37 Radio Station
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.
