page_title: Jungle division
section_title: Order of battle
hierarchical_section_title: Jungle division / Order of battle
caption_attribution_description: Australian War Memorial image 090982. A gun crew of D Troop, 14 Battery, 2/7th Field Regiment move a short 25 Pounder at Tarakan
context_page_description: The Jungle division was a military organisation adopted in early 1943 by the Australian Army during the Second World War. This organisation was a much lighter version of the standard British-pattern infantry division used during previous campaigns in the deserts of the Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre fighting the Germans and Italians in 1940 and 1941 and was optimised to meet the needs of jungle warfare against the Japanese in the South West Pacific Area. Jungle divisions were smaller and had fewer heavy weapons, vehicles and support units than the British-pattern division previously used and had an establishment of just 13,118 men, approximately 4,000 fewer than a standard division. The bulk of the reduction occurred among the administrative, transport and artillery units. The conditions that prevailed in the South West Pacific Area led the Australian Army to initially convert five infantry divisions to Jungle divisions, although this was later increased to six. Divisions converted to the jungle organisation included three Militia divisions: the 3rd, 5th and 11th and the three Australian Imperial Force divisions: the 6th, 7th, 9th.
context_section_description: The main units in each Jungle division upon their formation in 1943 were as follows:
  Divisional Headquarters
  3 x Infantry Brigades (each of three Infantry Battalions for a total of nine)
  1 x Field Artillery Regiment (equipped with twenty-four 25 Pounder guns)
  1 x Light Anti-Aircraft Battery
  Divisional Provost Company (Military Police)
  Divisional Carrier Company (equipped with Bren Carriers)
  Divisional Signals
  Divisional Engineers
  1 x Field Park Company
  3 x Field Companies
  Camouflage Training Unit
  Divisional Supply and Transport
  Supply Depot Company
  General Transport Company
  3 x Field Ambulance Companies
  6 x Light Aid Detachments
  3 x Brigade workshops
caption: A 2/7th Field Regiment gun crew move a Short 25 Pounder on Tarakan, 2 May 1945.
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