A section of 'C' Platoon, 2/5th Independent Company, marching along a jungle track, west of Bulwa in the Bulolo Valley.(AWM Photo).
Active
April 1942 – April 1943
Country
Australia
Branch
Australian Army
Type
Composite force
Role
Guerilla operations
Size
700 men at full strength (450 effectives)
Engagements
World War II, New Guinea campaign
Battle honours
No battle honours were awarded
Commanders
Notable commanders
Norman Lawrence Fleay
Military unit
Kanga Force was the name given to a composite ad hoc formation of the Australian Army that served in New Guinea during World War II. Commanded by Major Norman Fleay, it was formed on 23 April 1942. Made up of elements from the 1st and 2/5th Independent Companies and the New Guinea Volunteer Rifles (NGVR),[1] Kanga Force conducted a number of small scale raids and reconnaissance operations around Lae and Salamaua before it was disbanded and the individual units became part of the Australian 3rd Division in 1943.[2]
KangaForce was the name given to a composite ad hoc formation of the Australian Army that served in New Guinea during World War II. Commanded by Major...
established in the Huon Gulf region, being the only Allied force in the area until the arrival of KangaForce at Wau in May. The battalion subsequently established...
Brigade and KangaForce from April 1943 August 1943 – 5th Division 29th Australian Infantry Brigade. The divisions assigned to New Guinea Force at the end...
Bena Bena. The force consisted of 57 men of the 2/7th Battalion led by Lieutenant Rooke. Under the command of KangaForce, the force's objectives were...
platoon was later sent to Wau in March 1942, eventually becoming part of KangaForce. The 2nd Independent Company performed with considerable success during...
2/6th and 2/7th Battalions along with Lieutenant Colonel Norman Fleay's KangaForce. The Australians decisively turned back the Japanese assault in the ensuing...
Battalion arrived to further bolster KangaForce. More reinforcements arrived on 1 February, bringing KangaForce strength to 201 officers and 2,965 men...
Horii and Australian and Papuan land forces under command of New Guinea Force. The Japanese objective was to seize Port Moresby by an overland advance...
when a small force of human warships encounter a larger group of Kanga ships 'forty light-months from anywhere in particular'. The Kanga are a violently...
time to reinforce Australia. Being the only Allied force in the area until the arrival of KangaForce at Wau in May, the NGVR subsequently monitored the...
over the Bulldog Track to cover the guerrilla campaign conducted by KangaForce and later also covered the Kokoda Track Campaign, detailing the trials...
Australians from the New Guinea Volunteer Rifles and commandos from KangaForce had attempted to maintain contact with the Japanese in the north around...
the first Japanese in Papua by Australian ground forces. Working with KangaForce, a network was set up around Wau in May. For three weeks in June 1942...
Tasmania Lines of Communication areas Headquarters KangaForce – New Guinea Headquarters Merauke Force – Dutch New Guinea At the end of the Second World...
Survey Section AIF. In March a sub-section flew into Wau as part of KangaForce remaining there for more than six months in direct support of the combat...
Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper, Morgana Macawber in Darkwing Duck, and Kanga in the Winnie the Pooh franchise. She also voiced Bubbles in What a Cartoon...
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