8th Military District (Australia)

Coordinates: 4°12′00″S 152°10′59″E / 4.2°S 152.183°E / -4.2; 152.183

Australian military districts, October 1939

The 8th Military District was an administrative district of the Australian Army. During the Second World War, the 8th Military District covered the Territory of New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and the New Hebrides, with its headquarters firstly based at Rabaul and later at Port Moresby.

References

  • Dennis, Peter; Grey, Jeffrey; Morris, Ewan; Prior, Robin; Bou, Jean (2008). The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History (Second ed.). Melbourne: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195517842. 
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