ABDA Order of Battle
Koninklijk Nederlands Indisch Leger (KNIL Army): Lieutenant-General Hein Ter Poorten
- 1st KNIL Infantry Division: Major-General Wijbrandus Schilling
- 2nd KNIL Infantry Division: Major-General Pierre A. Cox
- 3rd KNIL Infantry Division: Major-General Gustav A. Ilgen
- British troops (ca. 5,500 men): Major-General Sir Hervey D.W. Sitwell
- US troops (ca. 750 men:) Major-General J.F. Barnes
- Australian troops (ca. 3000 men): Brigadier Arthur S. Blackburn.
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