 720th |
November 1943 Battalion Time Line ~~~~~ 720th Military Police Battalion Reunion Association History Project ~~~~~ |
 GHQ |
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Southwest Pacific Theatre Of War ~ Papua, New Guinea |
 Australian Duty Stations |
 Paupa Campaign |
2 November A detachment of sixteen men from D Company departed Townsville, Australia for Oro Bay aboard the Dutch freighter Van Spillbergan. No provision's were made for meals on the ship galley so the detachment had to eat C-Rations during the transport. 7 November Battalion HQ, HQ Detachment and A & B Company departed Australia for Port Moresby, and Milne Bay, New Guinea aboard the USS Robert Stewart.
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| 9 November After a stop at Milne Bay to disembark B Company, the sixteen man detachment from D Company arrived at Oro Bay, New Guinea. B Company was assigned to construct a Prisoner of War stockade at Alioma, just outside of Milne Bay. 29 November D Company completed its transfer from Australia to Oro Bay, New Guinea. Instead of traveling as a company unit they split into small detachments and traveled onboard cargo transport vessels providing shipboard security. |
14 November Twelve Japanese bombers attacked
Oro Bay but did little damage.