24TH INFANTRY DIVISION, US ARMY
IN AUSTRALIA DURING WW2

visits since 4 July 2004

UNITS OF THE 24TH INFANTRY DIVISION

• 19th Infantry Regiment
• 21st Infantry Regiment
• 299th Infantry Regiment (Inactivated 21 Jul 42)
• HHB Division Artillery
  • 11th Field Artillery Regiment [155-mm]
  • 13th Field Artillery Regiment [105-mm]
  • 52nd Field Artillery Regiment [105-mm]
  • 63rd Field Artillery Regiment [105mm]
• Headquarters, 24th Division
• Headquarters and Military Police Company
• 3rd Engineers Combat Battalion
• 24th Medical Battalion
• 24th Quartermaster Battalion
• 24th Signal Company
• 24th Reconnaissance Troop
• Band, 24th Division Artillery

The 24th Division was based at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii when Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. They left the USA on 8 August 1943 and arrived at Camp Caves near Rockhampton on 8 September 1943. They left Rockhampton on 31 January 1944 and moved to Goodenough Island by about 14 February 1944. They were involved in combat operations at Tanahmerah Bay, New Guinea, Leyte, Philippine Islands. They spent time at Mindoro, Mindanao, and Japan.

The Band of the 24th Division Artillery started out as the Band, 145th Field Artillery on 1 July 1940. It was inducted into Federal Service on 3 March 1941 at Salt Lake City. It was reorganized and redesignated on 1 July 1942 as Band, 24th Division Artillery. It was disbanded in Australia on 1 December 1943.

REFERENCES

HyperWar: US 24th Infantry Division

Heaps of WW2 books available at Amazon.com

"Australia @ War"

This page first produced 4 July 2004

This page last updated 04 July 2004