7th Division (Australia)
Division · Australia · May 3, 1940 – February 28, 1946 · c. 17,000 strong
Australian division that fought on the Kokoda Track and at Buna-Gona, took Lae, and landed at Balikpapan.
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Strength and losses
- Nominal Strength: c. 17,000
Movements
- December 1940 – March 21, 1941 Siege of Giarabub
- April 10 – November 27, 1941 Siege of Tobruk
- June 8 – July 14, 1941 Syria–Lebanon campaign
- January 23, 1942 – August 1945 New Guinea campaign
- September 16, 1942 Kokoda Track campaign Holds Imita Ridge on the Kokoda Track Map
- December 9, 1942 Gona taken Map
- April 22 – September 16, 1943 Salamaua–Lae campaign
- September 16, 1943 Lae taken Map
- September 19, 1943 – April 24, 1944 Markham, Ramu and Finisterre campaigns
- January 22, 1944 Shaggy Ridge Map
- May 1 – August 15, 1945 Borneo campaign
- July 1, 1945 – February 28, 1946 Lands at Balikpapan Map