AUSTRALIAN UNITS WHICH TOOK PART IN THE SIEGE OF TOBRUK
APRIL - NOV 1941
AWM FILE OF RESEARCH 577
20 JANUARY 1958
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Serial No |
Unit |
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1. |
Adv HQ 9 Aust Div
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2. |
Rear HQ 9 Aust Div 9 Aust Div Int Sec |
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5. |
2/12 Aust Fd Regt, RAA, plus Sig Sec |
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6. |
HQ RAE 9 Div 2/3 Fd Coy |
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7. |
HQ Sigs 9 Aust Div "J" Sec Sigs 7 Aust Div |
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8. |
HQ 18 Aust Inf Bde Sig Sec Platoon Aust Guard Bn |
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9. |
HQ 20 Aust Inf Bde Sig Sec Pl Aust Guard Bn |
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10. |
HQ 24 Aust Inf Bde Sig Sec |
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11. |
HQ 26 Aust Inf Bde Sig Sec |
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12. |
2/1 Aust Pioneer Bn
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14. |
HQ AASC 9 Aust Div 9 Aust Div Pet Coy |
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MEDICAL
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15. |
HQ AAMC 9 Aust Div 2/3 Fd Amb |
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MISCELLANEOUS
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16. |
9 Aust Div Pro Coy |
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17. |
9 Aust Div Salvage Coy |
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18. |
9 Aust Div Postal Unit |
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19. |
9 Aust Div Fd Cash Office |
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FORTRESS TROOPS
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23. |
8 Aust Lt AA Bty |
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SIGNALS
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33. |
4 Line Sec Sigs. 1 Aust. Corps |
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ORDNANCE
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38. |
2/1 Army Fd Workshopps AAOC |
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39. |
No. 6 Rec Sec. 2/2 AFW AAOC |
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TOBRUK SUB-AREA
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73. |
4 Aust Gen Hosp |
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74. |
2/2 Aust CCS |
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ORDNANCE
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83. |
4 AOD AAOC |
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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). |
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(1) AWM 54 Item 391/1/6
