Issued under S.M.

945 dated 19th January, 1943 III/67/2 PAPUAN iNFANTRY BATTALiON Consisting of Battalion headquarters Headquarters Company of Company headquarters No. 1 Signal Platoon No. 2 Pioneer Platoon Three rifle companies, each of Company headquarters Three platoons of three sections WAR EsTABLishmENT (i) Summary of ranks Headquarter Company Company headquarters No. 2 (pioneer) platoon Battalion headquarters No. 1 (signal) platoon

Total, company

Total, company 1 4 5 1 1 1 3 4 10 92 112

Major (a) Adjutant and quartermaster (capain)(a) Captains (a) Lieutenants (a) Total, officers Regimental sergeant-major (a) Regimental quartermaster-sergeant (a) Company sergeant-majors Total, warrant officers Company quartermaster-sergeants Sergeant clerk Sergeants for duty as i/c stretcher bearers Intelligence Platoon sergeants Education Total, staff-sergeants and sergeants Corporals Privates Driver, M.T. Total, rank and file Total, other ranks Total, all ranks Attached A.A.M.C. Major or Captain (a) Total, battalion including attached Lance appointments included in the above Lance-sergeants Lance-corporals

1 1 (b)1 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 5 3 37 1 41 48 51 1 52 1 2 2 3 3 1 2 12 14 15 16 1 1 2 15 17 18 18 2 3 4 29 33 36 37 1 1 8 9 11 13 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 9 10 10 10 1 1 3 28 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1

1 1 1

1 1 3 14 19 1 1 3 5 4 1 1 1 11 2 20 37 342 1 380 405 424 1 425 4 15

31 (c)102 32 107 33 112

16

(d)18

37

13

10

33

Total, battalion

Three sections (each)

Total, platoon

Detail

Company headquarters

Three rifle companies (each) Three platoons (each)

Platoon hedquarters

Headquarter Company Company headquarters No. 2 (pioneer) platoon Battalion headquarters No. 1 (signal) platoon

Total, company

Total, company 2 1 2 6 90 1 102 120 120

(ii) Distribution of rank and file by trades and duties Trade group I Blacksmith Trade group II Carpenters Cooks Intelligence duties Signallers Trade group III Butcher Clerks Non-specialists Batmen Education Medical officers orderly Orderlies Pioneers Riflemen Sanitary duties Storemen Stretcher bearers (k) Driver, M.T. Total, rank and file 1 6 (e)2 (f )8 2 (g)12 1 3 (h)4 (f )1 (j)1 2 (g)10 3 1 (f )16 1 41 2 10 1 6 2 12 1 6 10 8 12 1 6 10 1 1 20 10 270 3 4 16 1 380

(f )1 2

1 (f )10

1 30

14

17

33 (l)6 1

10

31

(iii) Transport Bicycles Vans, 15-cwt., G.S.

(iv) Table of weapons and ammuntion Detail Pistols, .455-inch Rifles, .303-inch A.T. rifles, .55-inch Pistols, signal Grenades (p) H.E. Smoke Number (m)45 380 (n)11 (o)8 Ammunition rounds On man or with Reserve Total gun 12 270 810 50 10000 29000 200 440 2640 12 96 10 boxes 10 boxes

(a) White personnel. (b) Unit education officer. (c) Two men in each company will be trained in sanitary duties (d) Trained in anti-gas and decontamination work. (e) Includes 1 for officers and 1 for sergeants messes. The rank and file in battalion headquarters are attached to H.Q. Company for messing.

Total, battalion

Three sections (each)

Total, platoon

Detail

Company headquarters

Three rifle companies (each) Three platoons (each)

Platoon hedquarters

(f ) Includes or is a corporal. (g) Includes 2 corporals. (h) Includes 1 for medical officer and 1 for RSM. (j) Lance-corporal. (k) 1 may be trained as a bugler. (l) Allotted as follows Pioneer platoon 1 Signal platoon 2 Rifle companies (1 each) 3 Total 6 (m) Officers (including medical officer) warrant officers, staff-sergeants and sergeants are armed with pistols, the remainger with rifles. (n) Allotted as follows Signal platoon 1 Pioneer platoon 1 Rifle platoons (1 each) 9 Total 11 (o) Alloted as required. (p) Alloted as follows Regimental reserve 1 box H.E. 1 box Smoke 9 Rifle platoons 9 box H.E. 9 box Smoke Total 10 boxes H.E. 10 boxes Smoke