Battle of Goodenough Island order of battle
Australian soldiers with a Japanese flag captured during the fighting at Goodenough Island
The Battle of Goodenough Island (24 – 27 October 1942) took place in the South West Pacific Area (SWPA) during World War II.
Allied Forces
Ground Forces
- 2/12th Battalion[1]
- 2/5th Field Ambulance
- No. 2 Anti-aircraft Platoon
- Detachment J, Section Signals, 7th Division
- Transport Platoon
- Detachment Mortars
- Detachment Australian Army Service Corps
- Captain Burkholder (United States Army Service of Supply, New Guinea)
- Lieutenant Humphrey (8th Fighter Group, United States Army Air Forces)
Naval Forces
HMAS Arunta in July 1943
- Task Force 44 (Covering Force)
- Cruiser
- USS Phoenix (flagship)
- Destroyers
- Cruiser
- Transport Force
- HMAS Arunta
- HMAS Stuart
- Ketch Matona
- Ketch McLaren King
- Ketch Tierno
- 3 captured Japanese barges
- 2 power driven whale boats
Japanese Forces
- 5th Sasebo Special Naval Landing Force
- detachment 14th Pioneer Unit
- detachment 15th Pioneer Unit
Notes
- ↑ "2/12th Battalion war diary". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
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