Sparrow Force Units
- HQ Sparrow Force - 20 troops.
- 2/40th Infantry Battalion - 944 troops.
- 2/2nd Independent Company - 282 commandoes (joined by 152 from West Timor.)
- 2/1st Heavy Battery RAA - 132 gunners.
- , (British Royal Artillery) - 189 gunners.
- 75th Light Aid Detachment - 14 troops.
- 2/1st Fortress Engineers - 56 sappers.
- 2/1st Fortress Signals - 39 signallers.
- B Troop, 18th Anti-Tank Battery RAA - 27 gunners.
- No.2 Section, 2/11th Field Company RAE - 66 sappers.
- 23rd Brigade Signals RASC - 8 signallers.
- 2/12th Field Ambulance RAAMC - 50 medics.
- 22nd Dental Unit RAAMC - 5 medics.
- Australian Army Service Corps - 20 servicemen.
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