AUSTRALIAN UNITS WHICH TOOK PART IN THE SIEGE OF TOBRUK
APRIL - NOV 1941
AWM FILE OF RESEARCH 577
20 JANUARY 1958
Serial No |
Unit |
1. |
Adv HQ 9 Aust Div
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2. |
Rear HQ 9 Aust Div 9 Aust Div Int Sec |
5. |
2/12 Aust Fd Regt, RAA, plus Sig Sec |
6. |
HQ RAE 9 Div 2/3 Fd Coy |
7. |
HQ Sigs 9 Aust Div "J" Sec Sigs 7 Aust Div |
8. |
HQ 18 Aust Inf Bde Sig Sec Platoon Aust Guard Bn |
9. |
HQ 20 Aust Inf Bde Sig Sec Pl Aust Guard Bn |
10. |
HQ 24 Aust Inf Bde Sig Sec |
11. |
HQ 26 Aust Inf Bde Sig Sec |
12. |
2/1 Aust Pioneer Bn
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14. |
HQ AASC 9 Aust Div 9 Aust Div Pet Coy |
MEDICAL
|
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15. |
HQ AAMC 9 Aust Div 2/3 Fd Amb |
MISCELLANEOUS
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16. |
9 Aust Div Pro Coy |
17. |
9 Aust Div Salvage Coy |
18. |
9 Aust Div Postal Unit |
19. |
9 Aust Div Fd Cash Office |
FORTRESS TROOPS
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23. |
8 Aust Lt AA Bty |
SIGNALS
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33. |
4 Line Sec Sigs. 1 Aust. Corps |
ORDNANCE
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38. |
2/1 Army Fd Workshopps AAOC |
39. |
No. 6 Rec Sec. 2/2 AFW AAOC |
TOBRUK SUB-AREA
|
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73. |
4 Aust Gen Hosp |
74. |
2/2 Aust CCS |
ORDNANCE
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83. |
4 AOD AAOC |
The following units were formed from 7 and 9 Aust Div Supply Columns and appeared in Orders of Battle subsequent to the one above: · No. 1 and 2 Tp Carrying Coys · Area Transport Coy · No. 1 and 2 Aust F.S. Ds · 9 Aust Div Res Tpt Coys The Order of Battle for September 1941 and October 1941 also included No. 10 Aust Camouflage Unit (formed from troops already in Tobruk). |
(1) AWM 54 Item 391/1/6