The Indian 19th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the Indian Army during World War II, and played a prominent part in the final part of the Burma Campaign. It was raised in Secunderabad in India in October 1941 and became part of Southern Army which was mainly concerned with defence against possible seaborne invasion by the Japanese. The division originally consisted of the 47th, 48th and 49th Indian Infantry Brigades. Its first commander was Major-General Jackie Smyth VC, who left in December 1941 to command Indian 17th Infantry Division, then fighting in Burma. Between January and April 1942 all three brigades were reassigned and replaced by 62nd Indian Infantry Brigade, 64th Indian Infantry Brigade and 98th Indian Infantry Brigade.