Australia–Japan Research Project at the Australian War Memorial 
The human face of war
Australian forces, Bougainville, October 1944 to August 1945
Army 

3rd Australian Division (Maj Gen W Bridgeford) 7th Infantry Brigade (Brig J Field) 
9th Battalion 
25th Battalion 
61st Battalion 15th Infantry Brigade (Brig H H Hammer) 
24th Battalion 
57th/60th Battalion 
58th/59th Battalion 29th Infantry Brigade (Brig R F Monaghan) 
15th Battalion 
42nd Battalion 
47th Battalion 

11th Infantry Brigade (Brig J R Stevenson) 
26th Battalion 
55th/53rd Battalion 
31st/51st Battalion 23rd Infantry Brigade (Brig A W Potts) 
7th Battalion 
8th Battalion 
27th Battalion 2/1st Guard Regiment 2/8th Commando Squadron M Special Unit Papuan Infantry Battalion New Guinea Infantry Battalion 2/4th Armoured Regiment 2/11th Field Regiment 2nd Field Regiment 4th Field Regiment 7th Field Company 15th Field Company 16th Field Company 23rd Field Company 42nd Landing Craft Company 11th Field Ambulance 19th Field Ambulance   
RAAF 

No 5 Squadron   
RAN 

HMAS Diamantina HMAS Colac HMAS Dubbo HMAS Kiama HMAS Lithgow ML-808 ML-816 ML-818 ML-820 
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