Australian Army units in New Guinea

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Australian Army units in New Guinea were the Australian ground forces that fought alongside U.S. and Allied troops in the New Guinea campaign of World War II, conducting jungle warfare against Japanese forces.

All labels observed (3)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian Army unit ⓘ
military formation grouping ⓘ
alliedWith Allied forces ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
commander Edmund Herring ⓘ
linked to: Sir Edmund Herring

George Alan Vasey ⓘ
linked to: George Vasey

Iven Mackay ⓘ
Leslie Morshead ⓘ
Stanley Savige ⓘ
Sydney Rowell ⓘ
Thomas Blamey ⓘ
conflict New Guinea campaign ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
location Aitape ⓘ
Bougainville Island ⓘ
Buna–Gona ⓘ
linked to: Gona

Finschhafen ⓘ
Huon Peninsula ⓘ
Kokoda Track ⓘ
Lae ⓘ
Milne Bay ⓘ
New Britain ⓘ
Papua ⓘ
Territory of New Guinea ⓘ
Wau ⓘ
Wewak ⓘ
notableUnit 3rd Division (Australia) ⓘ
6th Division (Australia) ⓘ
7th Division (Australia) ⓘ
9th Division (Australia) ⓘ
Militia units of the Australian Army ⓘ
objective defence of Australia ⓘ
expulsion of Japanese forces from New Guinea ⓘ
opposedBy Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy land forces ⓘ
participatingForceIn Pacific War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
partOf Australian Army ⓘ
South West Pacific Area ⓘ
supportedBy Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ
Royal Australian Navy ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
theaterOfOperations New Guinea campaign ⓘ
timePeriod 1942 ⓘ
1943 ⓘ
1944 ⓘ
1945 ⓘ
usedWarfareType amphibious warfare ⓘ
guerrilla warfare tactics ⓘ
infantry warfare ⓘ
jungle warfare ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alamo Force → subordinateUnit → Australian Army units in New Guinea ⓘ
United States Army in World War II → alliedWith → Australian Army in World War II ⓘ
linked to: Australian Army units in New Guinea
Papua New Guinea Defence Force → precededBy → Australian Army units in Papua New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: Australian Army units in New Guinea