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Arakan was divided into two detachments holding the roads across the Arakan Hills leading from An and
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1004:. Pen and Sword Military. pp. 204–218.
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211:On 20 May 1944, the division sailed for
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492:4th (West Africa) Field Company, (WAE)
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188:2nd (West African) Infantry Brigade
184:1st (West African) Infantry Brigade
703:7th (West African) Auxiliary Group
640:4th (West Africa) Infantry Brigade
632:3rd Battalion, Gold Coast Regiment
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626:1st Battalion, Gold Coast Regiment
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602:1st (West Africa) Infantry Brigade
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430:2nd Battalion, Gold Coast Regiment
419:2nd (West Africa) Infantry Brigade
413:2nd (West Africa) Infantry Brigade
385:5th (West Africa) Auxiliary Group
368:1st (West Africa) Infantry Brigade
362:1st (West Africa) Infantry Brigade
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616:5th (West Africa) Auxiliary Group
478:2nd (West Africa) Auxiliary Group
182:The division was formed from the
77:Royal West African Frontier Force
855:British Military History website
770:276th Divisional Provost Company
651:10th Battalion, Nigeria Regiment
484:2x Troops 3.7 inch mountain guns
475:10th Battalion, Nigeria Regiment
442:2x Troops 3.7 inch mountain guns
391:2x Troops 3.7 inch mountain guns
825:The London Gazette (Supplement)
648:9th Battalion, Nigeria Regiment
645:5th Battalion, Nigeria Regiment
613:3rd Battalion, Nigeria Regiment
610:2nd Battalion, Nigeria Regiment
607:1st Battalion, Nigeria Regiment
526:1st 2nd and 4th Light Batteries
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469:5th Battalion, Nigeria Regiment
382:3rd Battalion, Nigeria Regiment
379:2nd Battalion, Nigeria Regiment
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194:in 1940 and 1941, and the new
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571:9th Field Park Company, (WAE)
271:25th Indian Infantry Division
1069:Burma Star organisation page
857:. p. 50. Archived from
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667:102nd Light Regiment, (WAA)
531:42nd Mortar Regiment, (WAA)
200:81st (West African) Division
136:82nd (West African) Division
35:82nd (West African) Division
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675:42nd Mortar Regiment, (WAA)
520:102nd Light Regiment (WWA)
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516:(joined 12 December 1943)
334:and Myohaung Barracks in
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1023:. Arms and Armour Press.
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348:Hugh Charles Stockwell
322:, Letmauk Barracks in
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173:Imperial Japanese Army
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1019:Cole, Howard (1973).
308:Taukkyan War Cemetery
273:landed in inlets and
232:third Arakan campaign
192:East African Campaign
171:in India, facing the
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121:George McI. S. Bruce
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