Admiralty Islands campaign order of battle
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This is the order of battle of Allied and Japanese forces during the Admiralty Islands campaign
Admiralty Islands campaign
The Admiralty Islands campaign was a series of battles in the New Guinea campaign of World War II in which the United States Army's 1st Cavalry Division occupied the Japanese-held Admiralty Islands....

 of 1944.

Allied forces

The Allied Task Force BREWER for the occupation of the Admiralty Islands consisted of:

Ground Forces

All US Army unless otherwise noted
  • 1st Cavalry Division (less 603rd Tank Company)
    • 1st Cavalry Brigade
      • 5th Cavalry Regiment
      • 12th Cavalry Regiment
    • 2nd Cavalry Brigade
      • 7th Cavalry Regiment
      • 8th Cavalry Regiment
    • 1st Cavalry Division Artillery
      • 61st Field Artillery Battalion
      • 82nd Field Artillery Battalion
      • 99th Field Artillery Battalion
    • 8th Engineer Squadron
    • 1st Medical Squadron
    • 16th Quartermaster Squadron
    • 91st Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
    • 1st Antitank Troop
    • 1st Signal Troop
    • 27th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company
  • Alamo Scouts
    Alamo scouts
    The Alamo Scouts was a reconnaissance unit of the Sixth United States Army in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II...

  • 2nd Battalion, 50th Coast Artillery Regiment
  • 168th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion (Gun)
  • HQ and HQ Battery, 15th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group
  • Battery C, 237th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion (Searchlight)
  • 211th Coast Artillery Battalion (Anti-Aircraft) (Automatic Weapons)
  • Shore Battalion and Company A, Boat Battalion, 592nd Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment
  • 1 Platoon, 453rd Engineer Depot Company
  • Detachment, 267th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company (Anti-Aircraft)
  • 287th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company
  • 27th Portable Surgical Hospital
  • 30th Portable Surgical Hospital
  • 603rd Medical Clearing Company
  • 58th Evacuation Hospital
  • 28th Malaria Survey Unit
  • 52nd Malaria Control Unit
  • 3526th Quartermaster Truck Company (less 2 platoons)
  • 695th Quartermaster Truck Company
  • 2nd Platoon, 1998th Quartermaster Truck Company
  • 1 Platoon, 3818th Gas Supply Company
  • Detachment, 493rd Quartermaster Depot Supply Company
  • Company C, 267th Quartermaster Service Battalion (less 1 platoon)
  • HQ and 2nd Platoon, 123rd Quartermaster Bakery Company
  • Provisional Bakery Platoon (2nd Platoon, 352nd Quartermaster Bakery Company)
  • 1 Section, 286th Quartermaster Refrigeration Company
  • 294th Port Company
  • 167th Port Company (less 1 Platoon and 1 Section)
  • 466th Amphibious Truck Company (less 1 platoon)
  • Detachment, 94th Chemical Composite Company
  • Section, 1st Platoon, 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company
  • Detachment, Company A, 60th Signal Battalion
  • 611th Ordnance Ammunition Company
  • 17th and 19th Radio Station Sections, 832nd Signal Service Company
  • ANGAU Detachment

Naval Forces

All USN unless otherwise noted
  • Naval Shore Detachment, 7th Fleet
  • No. 9 Naval Advance Unit (less Advance Detachment)
  • 17th Naval Construction Regiment
  • No. 40 Communications Unit
  • Hydrographic Survey Unit
  • Advance Echelon LION 4
    • 6 Construction Battalions
    • 3 ACORNs (less CBs)
    • 1 Construction Battalion (Special)
    • No. 15 PT Overhaul and Operating Base

Air Forces

All RAAF unless otherwise noted
  • No. 73 Wing
    No. 73 Wing RAAF
    No. 73 Wing was a Royal Australian Air Force wing of World War II. It was formed in February 1943 at Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, as part of No. 9 Operational Group. The wing initially comprised three attack squadrons flying CAC Wirraways, Douglas Bostons, and Bristol Beaufighters, with...

    • No. 76 Squadron
      No. 76 Squadron RAAF
      No. 76 Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force flight training squadron. Established in 1942, the squadron operated P-40 Kittyhawk fighter aircraft and saw combat during World War II. Following the war it formed part of Australia's contribution to the occupation of Japan until it was...

       (P-40 Kittyhawk
      Curtiss P-40
      The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk was an American single-engine, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground attack aircraft that first flew in 1938. The P-40 design was a modification of the previous Curtiss P-36 Hawk which reduced development time and enabled a rapid entry into production and operational...

      )
    • No. 77 Squadron
      No. 77 Squadron RAAF
      No. 77 Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force fighter squadron. The Squadron was formed in 1942 and currently operates F/A-18 Hornet aircraft from RAAF Base Williamtown.-History:...

       (P-40 Kittyhawk)
    • No. 79 Squadron
      No. 79 Squadron RAAF
      No. 79 Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force flight training unit which has been formed on four occasions since 1943. The squadron was established in May 1943 as a fighter unit equipped with Supermarine Spitfires, and subsequently saw combat in the South West Pacific theatre of World War II...

       (Supermarine Spitfire
      Supermarine Spitfire
      The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was used by the Royal Air Force and many other Allied countries throughout the Second World War. The Spitfire continued to be used as a front line fighter and in secondary roles into the 1950s...

      )
  • No. 114 Mobile Fighter Sector HQ
    No. 114 Mobile Control and Reporting Unit RAAF
    No. 114 Mobile Control and Reporting Unit is a Royal Australian Air Force radar unit. 114 MCRU is currently the RAAF's only easily deployable radar unit and regularly deploys into the field from its home base at RAAF Base Darwin during military exercises.-History:114MCRU was formed as 14 Fighter...

  • No. 152, 340, 345, 346 and 347 Radar Stations
  • No. 73 Wing Signals Station
  • No. 49 Operational Base Unit
  • No. 12 Repair and Salvage Unit
  • No 3 section, 1 Malaria Control Unit
  • No. 77 Medical Clearing Station
  • 12th Air Liaison Party (USAAF)
  • Detachment 7, Transportation and Movements Office
  • Detachment 4, Replenishing Centre
  • Detachment, 16 Store Unit
  • Detachment, 7 Coastal Unit
  • Canteen Unit

Japanese forces

The Japanese garrison of the Admiralty Islands was expanded in the months prior to the Allied landings. On 2 February 1944 it consisted of:
  • 1st Battalion, 229th Infantry Regiment
  • 2nd Battalion, 1st Independent Mixed Regiment
  • 51st Transport Regiment
  • Elements, 14th Naval Base Force
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