725:. In August 1943, a new I Corps headquarters was raised from the New Guinea Force headquarters staff, and the corps headquarters established itself at Dobdura, where it was assigned to New Guinea Force as an army-level headquarters. Assigned the role of capturing Lae, I Corps was provided with the 7th Infantry Division, which in early September 1943 was flown in to Nadzab and attacked overland from there and the 9th Infantry Division, which carried out and amphibious landing to the east of Lae, before assaulting along the coast. Lae was captured more quickly than had been expected, and later in the month, this was followed up by elements of the 9th Division which carried out a
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captured five days after the landing, but it was badly damaged and ultimately filled no role in subsequent operations. Meanwhile, in North Borneo, after operations to secure Labuan and Brunei had proved successful, a follow-up landing was made around Weston, with a subsequent advance towards
Beaufort, which was captured after heavy engagement resulted in over 100 Japanese killed. By mid-July, the main resistance around Balkipapan and the coastal areas had been overcome, and the defending Japanese had withdrawn into the hills further inland.
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575:. An advanced party, including the corps commander, Lavarack, flew to Java ahead of the landing and advised against deploying the force there, advising that they should be sent to Burma instead. The Australian government ultimately rejected the request to divert the 7th Division to Rangoon, and although most of the force returned to Australia, Lavarack was not able to prevent some elements from landing in Java – mainly the troops on the transport
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331:– although it would ultimately not serve with I Corps. Preparations also commenced for I Corps headquarters personnel to begin moving overseas. A small rear corps headquarters was to remain in Australia, although the responsibility for command of troops in Australia would be devolved to the 7th Division until it also deployed. The initial deployment of staff began in May, but the majority of draft made it only as far as
544:, I Corps headquarters, along with the 6th and 7th Divisions, were released from service in the Middle East to meet the threat posed by the Japanese advance through the Pacific. The divisions departed Egypt by sea in several convoys between January and March 1942. The 9th Division would remain in the Middle East, though, upon request, and would see further action in the
764:. In April 1944, I Corps headquarters provided individual staff reinforcements for the II Corps headquarters, although there was no name change at this time, and I Corps remained in Australia in order to command the 2nd AIF divisions, while II Corps took over the deployed Militia divisions: the 3rd, 5th and 11th. As a result, Lieutenant General
706:. These beachheads were eventually captured in December 1942 and January 1943 by Australian and US forces from the 7th and 32nd Infantry Divisions, after heavy fighting. During this time, between November 1942 and January 1943, New Guinea Force deployed an advanced headquarters forward to control the fighting.
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January 1941. During this time, the brigades assigned to each division were shuffled between superior headquarters as a result of several reorganisations to provide the better trained brigades to the formations likely to see combat first. At this time, the main elements of the corps headquarters
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Following the cessation of hostilities in August, the corps assumed responsibility for facilitating the
Japanese surrender on Borneo and in making preparations for returning the area to Dutch colonial control in the post war period. This included undertaking local and protective patrols to maintain
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there, which began in April 1941. Initially, it had been planned for the 7th
Division to deploy to Greece, but they were not considered fully trained, and as a result the 6th Division was dispatched. In their place, the newly arrived 9th Division replaced the 6th Division in the Western Desert, and
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Additionally, a number of Royal
Australian Artillery units were attached to I Corps at various times. In many cases these artillery units were attached temporarily to HQ RAA 1st Australian Corps for training, reorganisation and re-equipping before deployment on active service under the command of
635:, where it became part of the First Army and commanded troops in northern New South Wales and Queensland, including the 25th Infantry Brigade, the Brisbane Covering Force, the 7th Infantry Brigade, the 1st Motor Brigade and the remainder of the 7th Division, which was held back in reserve around
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through May, June and July. In all locations, the objectives were captured, albeit against stronger-than-expected resistance in some cases, with commensurately heavy casualties, after which the
Australians pushed further inland, carrying out mopping up operations. On Tarakan, the airfield was
737:. The following month, however, I Corps headquarters was relieved by II Corps, as its personnel were in need of rest, and they subsequently returned to Australia. II Corps and New Guinea Force would subsequently command the conclusion of the operations commenced by I Corps, culminating in the
702:, who had previously commanded II Corps. In October and November, the Japanese began to withdraw and the Australians – with elements from both the 6th and 7th Divisions – undertook counter-offensive that saw them reoccupy Kokoda, and then advance north towards the Japanese beachheads around
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Throughout 1944, plans were made for I Corps to be used in the
Philippines and Ambon, but ultimately these were not acted upon as the role of Australian forces in the Pacific diminished and as US forces gained the ascendency. By October 1944, Lieutenant General
838:, I Corps headquarters closed on 15 September 1945, at which time its constituent divisions were transferred to the direct command of Advanced Land Headquarters. In the post war period, no corps-level formations have been raised by the Australian Army.
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Brigades were in Ceylon, the Army in Australia had undergone a significant reorganisation to meet the threat of a possible Japanese invasion. In April 1942, I Corps headquarters was used to raise an army level formation, the
335:, before disembarking and returning to Melbourne, when the decision was made to divert this convoy to the United Kingdom, rather than the main corps-area in the Middle East. The personnel who reached the UK were subsequently used to form
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Initially, when I Corps headquarters arrived there was only one
Australian infantry division in the Middle East – the 6th, which was completing its training – however between October and December the 7th arrived, followed by the
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assumed command of I Corps. In line with this, the 7th
Infantry Division was transferred to I Corps at this time as they returned from New Guinea for rest, although they were based further south than the other elements, around
679:, becoming Headquarters I Corps & New Guinea Force, although for all intents and purposes it was referred to as New Guinea Force. The formation subsequently commanded the troops around Milne Bay, which subsequently
312:. This formation would be responsible for the AIF units forming in Australia. On 11 April 1940, the establishment of I Corps was gazetted, and by the middle of the month the headquarters' strength was reported as 12
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to provide a garrison to defend against a possible Japanese invasion. The invasion did not eventuate, and the Australians remained on the island until July 1942, and finally reached Australia the following month.
527:, near Beirut, and assumed responsibility for occupying all of Lebanon and Syria north of the Beirut–Damascus road. Eventually, the Australian 6th Infantry Division arrived to relieve the British 6th.
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Following the capture of northern Papua, New Guinea Force was reorganised, and new formations began arriving. Meanwhile, throughout the first half of 1943, Australian operations focused upon the
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in March 1945, followed by the remainder of the headquarters the following month. From there, they directed a series of amphibious landings that were carried out by the 7th and 9th Divisions at
748:, where it took command of units resting and training prior to their commitment for further operations. At this time, the corps was assigned the 3rd and 6th Infantry Divisions, based at
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396:, and briefly adopting the designation of HQ Cyrenaica Force. This deployment lasted only a month, before I Corps headquarters was withdrawn back to Egypt to prepare for deployment to
499:, who took over from Blamey when he became deputy commander-in-chief in the Middle East. The forces under I Corps' command around this time included: 7th Division (less the
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in early January 1941. This was followed by further actions at Tobruk, Derna, Barce, and Benghazi, as the Italians were forced to withdraw across Libya by the Allies.
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760:, following its return from New Guinea for rest. In February 1944, Herring retired and command of I Corps temporarily passed to Lieutenant General
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in mid-1945, in order to secure important air and naval bases to allow further operations elsewhere in Borneo and then later Java.
471:, in Palestine, during which time the previous I Corps designation was assumed. In June 1941, as part of the initial plan for the
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308:– and throughout March and into April work began to start forming the new units, and establish a corps headquarters, in
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300:– as well as some base and support troops. On 25 February 1940, the decision was made to expand the 2nd AIF to a
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had assumed command of the corps. Finally, it was decided that the force would be committed to the operation to
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579:consisting of a machine gun battalion (the
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483:forces reached their first objective, the
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639:. In this assignment, it joined
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286:Second Australian Imperial Force
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550:Second Battles of El Alamein
418:British 1st Armoured Brigade
333:Fremantle, Western Australia
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2112:Pettibone, Charles (2006).
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929:US 503rd Parachute Regiment
729:, as part of operations to
681:repulsed a Japanese landing
637:Glen Innes, New South Wales
513:5th Indian Infantry Brigade
432:and after withdrawing from
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1969:South West Pacific 1941–45
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414:New Zealand 2nd Division
2017:Greece, Crete and Syria
1999:Australian War Memorial
1945:Johnston, Mark (2008).
1174:, pp. 68 & 88.
467:The corps re-formed in
253:South West Pacific Area
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1879:Horner, David (2000).
1837:Hasluck, Paul (1970).
1814:Dexter, David (1961).
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2033:Long, Gavin (1963).
2014:Long, Gavin (1953).
1856:Hill, A. J. (2002).
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941:6th Infantry Brigade
50:, Lebanon, July 1941
19:For other uses, see
2153:The Japanese Thrust
2036:The Final Campaigns
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1565:, pp. 251–254.
1553:, pp. 431–434.
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146:New Guinea campaign
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2142:978-1-86471-131-8
1956:978-0-521-51411-8
1896:978-0-52284-843-4
1871:978-0-52284-997-4
1647:Dennis et al 1995
1611:Dennis et al 1995
1339:, pp. 80–81.
1225:, pp. 61–63.
1150:, pp. 55–60.
803:Douglas MacArthur
739:capture of Madang
567:, or possibly to
554:British XXX Corps
202:
201:
190:Unit colour patch
2234:
2187:
2165:
2146:
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2104:978-1-925675-146
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1692:Orders of Battle
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1100:
1094:
1088:
1082:
1065:
1059:
1053:
1047:
1038:
1032:
723:the drive on Lae
677:New Guinea Force
589:Arthur Blackburn
392:, replacing the
379:capturing Bardia
198:
92:
90:
89:
74:
72:
71:
40:
28:
27:
2242:
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2237:
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2192:
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2184:
2170:Wilmot, Chester
2143:
2124:
2105:
1957:
1938:
1919:
1897:
1872:
1807:
1791:Dennis, Peter;
1784:
1762:
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1549:
1545:
1537:
1533:
1525:
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1509:
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1497:
1493:, p. 2024.
1489:
1472:
1464:
1460:
1452:
1448:
1440:
1436:
1428:
1424:
1416:
1412:
1408:, p. 2022.
1404:
1391:
1387:, p. 2040.
1383:
1379:
1371:
1367:
1359:
1355:
1347:
1343:
1335:
1331:
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1287:
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1275:
1268:
1264:, p. 2018.
1260:
1256:
1248:
1244:
1236:
1229:
1221:
1214:
1206:
1202:
1198:, p. 2038.
1194:
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1158:
1154:
1146:
1142:
1134:
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1103:
1095:
1091:
1087:, p. 2017.
1083:
1068:
1060:
1056:
1048:
1041:
1033:
1029:
1025:
1017:Leslie Morshead
973:
844:
784:Leslie Morshead
779:
741:in April 1944.
661:
633:Esk, Queensland
538:
533:
407:Siege of Tobruk
353:
337:HQ Australforce
282:
277:
212:Australian Army
205:
178:Leslie Morshead
176:
172:
165:
151:Borneo campaign
94:Australian Army
87:
85:
69:
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24:
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11:
5:
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2230:
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2087:
2068:
2049:
2030:
2011:
1981:
1965:Keogh, Eustace
1961:
1955:
1942:
1936:
1923:
1917:
1905:Johnston, Mark
1901:
1895:
1876:
1870:
1853:
1834:
1811:
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1769:
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1726:
1703:
1683:
1681:
1678:
1676:
1675:
1663:
1651:
1649:, p. 183.
1639:
1637:, p. 280.
1627:
1615:
1613:, p. 182.
1603:
1591:
1579:
1577:, p. 433.
1567:
1555:
1543:
1531:
1527:Johnston 2005b
1519:
1517:, p. 780.
1507:
1495:
1470:
1468:, p. 241.
1458:
1446:
1434:
1422:
1410:
1389:
1377:
1365:
1353:
1351:, p. 495.
1341:
1337:Johnston 2005a
1329:
1327:, p. 457.
1317:
1315:, p. 130.
1305:
1303:, p. 336.
1301:Pettibone 2006
1293:
1281:
1266:
1254:
1252:, p. 515.
1242:
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1186:, p. 161.
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1164:
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1113:
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1089:
1066:
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1039:
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815:Morotai Island
788:re-take Borneo
778:
775:
766:Frank Berryman
762:Stanley Savige
700:Edmund Herring
660:
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430:German advance
352:
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345:Western Desert
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1144:
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1137:
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531:Pacific area
481:Commonwealth
477:Vichy French
466:
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238:North Africa
234:Vichy French
219:World War II
207:
206:
136:World War II
121:Part of
25:
2174:Tobruk 1941
1990:To Benghazi
1985:Long, Gavin
1635:Dexter 1961
1515:Dexter 1961
1223:Horner 2000
1172:Wilmot 1993
811:Eighth Army
685:Kanga Force
542:Pacific War
469:Deir Suneid
426:World War I
318:other ranks
132:Engagements
127:(from 1942)
2196:Categories
1680:References
1575:Keogh 1965
1551:Keogh 1965
1313:Keogh 1965
971:Commanders
827:Balikpapan
771:Strathpine
659:New Guinea
621:First Army
475:, held by
416:, and the
265:New Guinea
166:commanders
159:Commanders
125:First Army
2172:(1993) .
1987:(1961) .
1907:(2005a).
1539:Long 1963
1418:Hill 2002
1250:Long 1953
1208:Long 1953
1160:Long 1953
1097:Long 1961
1062:Long 1961
1035:Long 1961
758:Ravenshoe
645:III Corps
386:Cyrenaica
341:Palestine
310:Melbourne
280:Formation
271:in 1945.
267:and then
226:divisions
115:divisions
76:Australia
59:1940–1945
2093:(2018).
2007:18400892
1967:(1965).
1849:33346943
1743:22 April
1720:21 April
1697:31 March
916:, 17th,
754:Wondecla
641:II Corps
604:Adelaide
517:Damascus
511:and the
493:Nazareth
489:Damascus
456:in May.
436:through
402:campaign
400:for the
314:officers
294:division
184:Insignia
113:Several
2162:3134219
2083:3134247
2045:1297619
2026:3134080
1977:7185705
1830:2028994
819:Tarakan
807:command
687:around
577:Orcades
573:Rangoon
561:Sumatra
503:), the
446:Levadia
442:Larissa
438:Elasson
434:Gerania
316:and 45
290:Militia
275:History
210:was an
208:I Corps
164:Notable
64:Country
31:I Corps
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665:Kokoda
612:Ceylon
521:Damour
507:, the
485:Beirut
398:Greece
296:– the
269:Borneo
257:Ceylon
242:Greece
223:Allied
91:
82:Branch
73:
56:Active
1763:1 May
1733:(PDF)
1710:(PDF)
1023:Notes
750:Kairi
585:2/2nd
581:2/3rd
569:Burma
546:First
450:Crete
422:Anzac
390:Libya
302:corps
215:corps
104:Corps
48:Sidon
2178:ISBN
2158:OCLC
2137:ISBN
2118:ISBN
2099:ISBN
2079:OCLC
2060:OCLC
2041:OCLC
2022:OCLC
2003:OCLC
1973:OCLC
1951:ISBN
1932:ISBN
1913:ISBN
1891:ISBN
1866:ISBN
1845:OCLC
1826:OCLC
1801:ISBN
1778:ISBN
1765:2020
1745:2019
1722:2019
1699:2011
914:15th
897:and
895:24th
891:20th
879:and
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