8th Division A.I.F. in Malaya WW2
Listed below are the units that formed the 8th Division in the Malayan campaign.
8th Division Headquarters
- Administrative Headquarters
- General Base Depot (GBD)
- 2nd Echelon (2nd Ech)
- 8th Division and Base Postal Units
- Command Pay Depot and Field Cash Office
22nd Brigade
- 22nd Brigade Headquarters (HQ 22 Aust Inf Bde)
- 2/18 Battalion (New South Wales) (2/18 Bn)
- 2/19 Battalion (New South Wales) (2/19 Bn)
- 2/20 Battalion (New South Wales) (2/20 Bn)
27th Brigade
- 27th Brigade Headquarters (HQ 27 Aust Inf Bde)
- Rear Headquarters (Rear HQ 27 Aust Inf Bde)
- 27th Brigade “I” Section (27 Aust Inf Bde ‘I’ Sec)
- 2/26 Battalion (Queensland) (2/26 Bn)
- 2/29 Battalion (Victoria) (2/29 Bn)
- 2/30 Battalion (New South Wales) (2/30 Bn)
Machine Gun Battalion
- 2/4 Machine-Gun Battalion (Western Australia) (2/4 MG Bn)
Artillery Regiments
- 2/10 Field Regiment, RAA (Queensland) (2/10 Fd Regt)
- 2/15 Field Regiment, RAA (New South Wales) (2/15 Fd Regt)
- 4th Anti-Tank Regiment, RAA (13, 15 and 16 Batterys), (Victoria) (4 A/Tank Regt)
Ordnance
- 2/3 Ordnance Store Company
- 2/10 Ordnance Workshops
- 2/10 Ordnance Field Park
- 22nd Brigade General Purpose Ordnance Field Park
- 22nd Brigade General Purpose Ordnance Workshops
- 27th Brigade General Purpose Ordnance Field Park
- 27th Brigade General Purpose Ordnance Workshops
- 69, 73, 74, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88 Light Aid Detachment (LAD)
- 8th Division Salvage Unit
- 8th Division Mobile Laundry and Forward Decontamination Unit
- 8th Division Mobile Bath Unit
Royal Australian Engineers
- Headquarters, Royal Australian Engineers (HQ RAE)
- 2/6 Field Park Company, RAE
- 2/10 Field Company, RAE (Victoria) (2/10 Fd Coy)
- 2/12 Field Company, RAE (New South Wales) (2/12 Fd Coy)
Signals
- 8th Division Signals (8 Div Sigs)
- 6 Line Section
- Corps Signals
Medical Corps
- 10 Australian General Hospital (10 AGH)
- 13 Australian General Hospital (13 AGH)
- 2 Convalescent Depot (Con. Dep. GBD)
- Base Medical Service
- 3 Advance Depot Medical Stores
- 2/2 M.E.D Wing
- 2/3 M.E.D Wing
- 2/2 Motor Ambulance Convoy (2/2 MAC)
- 2/3 Motor Ambulance Convoy (2/3 MAC)
- 2/9 Field Ambulance (2/9 Aust Fd Amb)
- 2/10 Field Ambulance (2/10 Aust Fd Amb)
- 2/4 Casualty Clearing Station (2/4 CCS)
- 2/5 Field Hygiene Section
- 8th Division Mobile Bacteriological Laboratory
- 17, 18, 25, 27, 32, 33, 34 Dental Units
Hospital Ships
- 2/1 Hospital Ship – Manunda
- 2/2 Hospital Ship – Wanganella
Australian Army Service Corps
- Headquarters Australian Army Service Corps (HQ AASC)
- No. 1 Company Australian Army Service Corps
- No. 2 Company Australian Army Service Corps
- 8th Division Ammunition Sub Park
- 8 Supply Personnel Section
- 9 Supply Personnel Section
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Detachment 2/2 Reserve Motor Transport Company (2/2 Res MT Coy)
- 2/3 Reserve Motor Transport Company (2/3 Res MT Coy)
- 2/4 Reserve Motor Transport Company (2/4 Res MT Coy)
- 1 Field Bakery Sub. Section
Provost
- Australian Divisional Provost (8 Div. Provost)
- Detention Barracks