Australian Infantry Battalion (Tropical Scale), May 1944

Headquarter Company

Numbers in parenthesis indicate number of personnel assigned to role, number of unallocated weapons or number of sub-units in detachment.  

Battalion Headquarters

Unit Rank Weapon Vehicle
       
Battalion Commander Lieutenant-colonel Pistol  
Second-in-command Major Pistol  
Adjutant Captain Pistol  
Intelligence Officer Lieutenant Pistol  
       
Regimental Sergeant-major Warrant Officer I Pistol  
Orderly room clerk (2) Sergeant Rifle  
Provost Sergeant Sergeant Pistol  
Intelligence Sergeant Sergeant Rifle  
Stretcher bearer Sergeant Rifle  
Intelligence (2) Corporal Rifle  
Intelligence (7) Private Rifle  
Clerks (2) Private Rifle  
Batman (2) Private Rifle  
Batman (4) Private Owen  
Rifleman Private Rifle, Bren  
Regimental Police (6) Private Pistol  
Stretcher bearer (2) Corporal Rifle  
Stretcher bearer (18) Private Rifle  
       
Medical Officer (AAMC) Captain Pistol  
Medical Orderly (AAMC) Sergeant Unarmed  
Hygiene Inspector (AAMC) Sergeant Unarmed  
Chiropodist (AAMC) Corporal Unarmed  
Medical Orderly Private Unarmed  
Pay duties (AAPC) Sergeant Pistol  
Pay duties (AAPC) Private Rifle  

Company Headquarters

Unit Rank Weapon Vehicle
       
Company Commander Major or Captain Pistol  
Company Sergeant-major Warrant Officer II Rifle  
Company Quartermaster Sergeant Staff Sergeant Rifle  
Clerk Corporal Rifle  
Range-taker Private Rifle  
Storeman Private Rifle  
Batman Private Rifle  
Cook (AACC) Sergeant Rifle  
Cook (AACC) Corporal Rifle  
Cook (AACC) (5) Private Rifle  

Signal Platoon

Unit Rank Weapon Vehicle
       
Signal Officer Lieutenant Pistol  
Signal Sergeant Sergeant Rifle  
Orderly (3) Private Rifle  
Batman Private Owen  
Signaller (2) Corporal Owen  
Signaller (9) Private Rifle  
Signaller (13) Private Pistol  
Signaller (2) Private Owen  

Medium Machine Gun Platoon

Unit Rank Weapon Vehicle
       

Platoon HQ

     
       
Platoon Commander Lieutenant Pistol  
Platoon Sergeant Sergeant Rifle  
Batman Private Rifle  
Orderly Private Rifle  
       
MMG Section (2) each      
       
Section Commander Sergeant * Owen  
Range-taker Private Rifle  
Orderly  Private Rifle  
Gun Number Corporal Owen  
Gun Number (2) Private Pistol, Vickers MMG  
Gun Number (2) Private Pistol  
Gun Number (6) Private Rifle  

Notes

* first Section commanded by Sergeant, second Section commanded by Corporal (probably a Lance-sergeant, became a full Sergeant by end of September 1944).

Mortar Platoon

Unit Rank Weapon Vehicle
       

Platoon HQ

     
       
Platoon Commander Lieutenant Pistol  
Platoon Sergeant Sergeant Rifle  
Range-taker Private Rifle  
Batman Private Rifle  
Pioneer (2) Private Rifle  
Mortar Number Corporal Rifle  
Mortar Number (4) Private Rifle  
       
Mortar Detachment (8) each      
       
Mortar Number Sergeant * Pistol  
Mortar Number  Private 3-inch mortar, Owen  
Mortar Number (4) Private Rifle  

Notes

* four Detachments each commanded by Sergeant, four Detachments each commanded by Corporal (possibly a Lance-sergeant)

Tank Attack Platoon

Unit Rank Weapon Vehicle
       

Platoon HQ

     
       
Platoon Commander Lieutenant Pistol  
Platoon Sergeant Sergeant Rifle  
Fitter, gun (AEME) Private Rifle  
Batman Private Rifle  
Gun Number Private Rifle  
Orderly Private Rifle  
       
Tank Attack Section (2) each      
       
Section Commander Sergeant Rifle  
Tank Attack Number Corporal Rifle  
Tank Attack Number Private Owen, 2-pdr Tank Attack gun  
Tank Attack Number Private Owen  
Tank Attack Number Private Rifle, Bren  
Tank Attack Number Corporal Rifle  
Tank Attack Number Private Owen, 2-pdr Tank Attack gun  
Tank Attack Number Private Owen  
Tank Attack Number Private Rifle, Bren  
Tank Attack Number Private Rifle  

Pioneer Platoon

Unit Rank Weapon Vehicle
       
Platoon Commander Lieutenant Pistol  
Platoon Sergeant Sergeant Rifle  
Blacksmith Private Rifle  
Carpenter (6) Private Rifle  
Batman Private Rifle  
Pioneer (4) Corporal Rifle  
Pioneer (26) Private Rifle  

Administrative Platoon

Unit Rank Weapon Vehicle
       
Quartermaster Captain Pistol  
Transport Officer Lieutenant Pistol  
Regimental Quartermaster-sergeant Warrant Officer II Rifle  
Tailor Sergeant Rifle  
Tailor Corporal Rifle  
Technical Storeman Sergeant Rifle  
Technical Storeman (3) Private Rifle  
Storeman Private Rifle  
Butcher Private Rifle  
Clerk (2) Private Rifle  
Equipment Repairer Private Rifle  
Batman (2)   Rifle  
Orderly   Rifle  
Driver, MT (12) Private Owen  
Officers' Mess Orderly Private Rifle  
Sergeants' Mess Orderly (2) Private Rifle  
Hygiene Duties (4) Private Rifle  
Water Duties (2) Private Rifle  
       
Shoemaker (AAOC) Corporal Rifle  
Armourer (AEME) Sergeant Rifle  
Armourer (AEME) Private Rifle  
Caterer (AACC) Warrant Officer I Rifle  
Postal Services Sergeant Rifle  

Battalion Transport (all held by the Administrative Platoon)

1/4-ton Jeep (8)

8-cwt Trailer (8)

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