Kanga Force was the name given to a composite ad hoc formation of the Australian Army that served in New Guinea during World War II. Commanded by Major Norman Fleay, it was formed on 23 April 1942. Made up of elements from the 1st and 2/5th Independent Companies and the New Guinea Volunteer Rifles (NGVR), Kanga Force conducted a number of small scale raids and reconnaissance operations around Lae and Salamaua before it was disbanded and the individual units became part of the Australian 3rd Division in 1943.
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... Kanga Force achieved one notable success, in a raid on Salamaua in June 1942, but "apart from that they had done little to harass the Japanese at their Salamaua and Lae bases." They had however managed to ... the strategy of the Commander, Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area, General Sir Thomas Blamey, who was concurrently commanding New Guinea Force from Port Moresby ... his opponent's intentions and the strength of Kanga Force and resolved to head off the danger to Lae ...
... the feasibility of the route thus demonstrated, New Guinea Force decided to establish a line of communications to Wau via Bulldog ... This was the beginning of what became Kanga Force on 23 April 1942 ... USAAF flew in commandos of the 2/5th Independent Company to join Kanga Force ...
... the Australian Army high command to form a guerilla unit, known as Kanga Force, whose job it would be initially to conduct a reconnaissance of Japanese troops at Lae ... On 12 May, Major Norman Fleay, was appointed to command Kanga Force and was ordered to concentrate in the Markham Valley, in order to launch a surprise attack on Lae and Salamua. 21st Troop Carrier Squadron into Wau Airfield to reinforce Kanga Force ...
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