16th Brigade (Australia)
Raised again in 1939 for service during World War II, the brigade was deployed to the Middle East in early 1940 and subsequently saw action in the Western Desert and in Greece in 1941.In 1942, it returned to Australia in response to Japan's entry into the war, and later the brigade played a prominent role in the Kokoda Track campaign and at Buna–Gona in Papua.Withdrawn to Australia in early 1943, the 16th Brigade was re-organised and received many replacements from disbanding formations, but it was not recommitted to combat operations until late in the war.[1] During World War I, the brigade was briefly re-formed as part of the all volunteer First Australian Imperial Force (AIF).Consisting of four infantry battalions – the 2/1st, 2/2nd, 2/3rd and 2/4th – the brigade was the first raised as part of the all volunteer Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF).[7] In January 1941, the brigade was committed to the Western Desert Campaign, going into action for the first time around Bardia, which was captured from the Italians over several days.A German breakthrough at Tempe Gorge resulted in a further withdrawal during which the 2/2nd and 2/3rd Battalions provided rearguard security as Anzac Corps withdrew through Larissa.In early 1942, following Japan's entry into the war, the Australian government requested that the 6th Division be returned to Australia and in February the brigade moved to Beit Jirja, in Palestine, prior to embarkation.Heavily depleted by disease and casualties, by December 1942, the 16th Brigade was withdrawn by air back to Port Moresby before returning to Australia in January 1943.In December 1944, the brigade was committed to the Aitape–Wewak campaign in New Guinea, when the Australians took over from US forces, which had established a base at Aitape, where they joined the rest of the 6th Division in an advance towards Wewak and then into the Torricelli Range.
16th Aviation Brigade (Australia)AustraliaInfantryBrigade6th DivisionWorld War IIWestern Desert campaignBattle of GreeceBattle of CreteNew Guinea campaignKokoda Track campaignBattle of Buna–GonaAitape–Wewak campaignKenneth EatherAustralian ArmyMilitiacompulsory training schemeFirst Australian Imperial ForceWorld War IWestern DesertGreeceBuna–GonaNew Guinea16th Aviation Brigade3rd Military DistrictVictoriaNorth MelbourneSouth CarltonCollingwoodFitzroyEast MelbourneFootscrayWestern FrontEnglandSalisbury Plain Training AreaBattle of BullecourtBattle of Messines3rd Machine Gun Battalion3rd DivisionVictoria BarracksPaddington, New South WalesIngleburnSecond Australian Imperial Force19th BrigadeHelwanBardia4th BrigadeTempe GorgeAnzac CorpsLarissaKalamataRetimoSyria–Lebanon campaign2/7th BattalionsCeylonHoranaWallgrove, New South WalesPort MoresbyKokodaEora CreekOivi–GorariSananandaAtherton Tablelands30th BrigadeTorricelli RangeMerauke2/1st Battalion2/2nd Battalion2/3rd Battalion2/4th BattalionBrigadier GeneralJohn AntillLieutenant ColonelBrigadierArthur AllenGeorge WoottenAllan BoaseJohn Edward LloydMcKenzie-Smith, GrahamAustralian and New Zealand Army Corps1st Australian Imperial ForceAustralian Naval and Military Expeditionary ForceNew Zealand Expeditionary ForceSamoa Expeditionary ForceI ANZAC CorpsII ANZAC CorpsAustralian CorpsNew Zealand and Australian DivisionAustralian and New Zealand Mounted DivisionMountedNew Zealand Division1st Light Horse2nd Light Horse3rd Light Horse4th Light Horse5th Light Horse1st Infantry Brigade2nd Infantry Brigade3rd New Zealand (Rifle) Brigade4th Infantry BrigadeNew Zealand Mounted Rifles BrigadeNew Zealand2/1st Bn2/2nd Bn2/3rd Bn17th Bde2/5th Bn2/6th Bn2/7th Bn19th Bde2/4th Bn2/8th Bn2/11th Bn7th Division18th Bde2/9th Bn2/10th Bn2/12th Bn21st Bde2/14th Bn2/16th Bn2/27th Bn25th Bde2/25th Bn2/31st Bn2/33rd Bn