page_title: Bena Force
hierarchical_section_title: Bena Force
caption_attribution_description: English: Australian commandos from the 2/2nd Independent Company, assigned to Bena Force, in New Guinea, July 1943.
context_page_description: Bena Force was an ad hoc Australian Army formation that existed during World War II. Established in early 1943 to defend the Bena Bena–Mount Hagen plateau south of the Ramu River in New Guinea and to prevent it from being occupied by the Imperial Japanese. The force undertook defensive tasks and maintenance of the airfields, tracks and roads in the area, and undertook reconnaissance and long range patrols.
context_section_description: Bena Force was an ad hoc Australian Army formation that existed during World War II. Established in early 1943  to defend the Bena Bena–Mount Hagen plateau south of the Ramu River in New Guinea and to prevent it from being occupied by the Imperial Japanese. The force undertook defensive tasks and maintenance of the airfields, tracks and roads in the area, and undertook reconnaissance and long range patrols.
caption: Commandos from the 2/2nd Independent Company at Bena Bena, July 1943
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