Where Australians served in Australia and overseas in World War II

Almost a million Australians served in World War II with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), the Australian Army or the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Some Australian seamen also served in the Allied Merchant Navy during the war. Explore some of the most significant locations where Australians served, in and around Australia and further abroad.

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A group of 16 men wearing army uniforms and felt hats huddle together in the outdoors and smile for a photograph.

Britain and Western Europe

An aircraft carrier partially shrouded in smoke on the water. People are jumping off the deck to the water below.

South-West Pacific area

Three people in army uniforms and tin helmets crouch behind an artillery gun on an embankment and look across a small body of water towards a wharf and buildings on the land opposite where smoke is rising in the distance.

Indian Ocean and South-East Asia

A ship in a harbour with a cloud of smoke in the background.

In and around Australia