111th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

November 2019 111th Division 第111師団 1944–1945 Empire of Japan Empire of Japan 58th Army Imperial Japanese Army Infantry Dongning Takao Iwasaki City Division none 111th Division 1945 58th Army *243. Infantry Regiment (Tokushima 244. Infantry Regiment (Kōchi) 245. Infantry Regiment (Marugame) 111. Artillery Battery 111. Engineer Company 111. Signals Company 111. Transport Company 111. Ordnance company 111/1. Field Hospital 111/4. Field Hospital 111. Veterinary Detachment 111. Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification Department The 111th Division 第111師団 Dai-hyakujūichi Shidan was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the City Division 市兵団 Ichi Heidan. It was formed 12 July 1944 in Dongning as a triangular division. The nucleus for the formation was the 9th Independent Garrison Group. The division was initially assigned to the Third Army. Action Initially the 111th Division was assigned garrison duty around Dongning. In April 1945, it was reassigned to the Fifty-Eighth Army and in May 1945 moved to the Jejudo island. Small parts were left behind and were incorporated into the 124th Division. On Jejudo, the unit spent time until the surrender of Japan preparing a fortifications without seeing combat. The division was repatriated to Sasebo 10–12 November 1945 and dissolved shortly afterwards.111th Division (Ichi) See also List of Japanese infantry divisions Sources This article incorporates material from Japanese Wikipedia page 第111師団 (日本軍), accessed 27 June 2016 Madej, W. Victor, Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937–1945 [2 vols], Allentown, PA: 1981. References Category:Japanese World War II divisions Category:Infantry divisions of Japan Category:Military units and formations established in 1944 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 Category:1944 establishments in Japan Category:1945 disestablishments in Japan