Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

World War 2 Campaigns

1939
• Sep 3: Enlistment/Embarkation WW2
• Sep 3: Air War NW Europe 1939-45
• Sep 3: Battle of the Atlantic - RAN and RAAF Operations
• Sep 3: Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces
• Sep 4: Prisoners of War
• Sep 17: Empire Air Training Scheme
• Dec 20: Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre
1940
• Nov 30: Libya/North Africa
1941
• Mar 28: Cape Matapan
• Apr 5: "Operation Lustre" Greece 1941
• Apr 10: Siege of Tobruk
• May 20: Battle of Crete
• Jun 1: Australia's Northern Periphery
• Jun 7: Syria - Operation Exporter
• Dec 7: Air War SE Asia 1941-45
• Dec 7: Malaya/Singapore
• Dec 7: Air War SW Pacific 1941-45
• Dec 7: RAN Operations - 'SW Pacific / Indian Ocean 1941-43'
• Dec 9: Australia's Front Line (incl Darwin Defenders)
1942
• Jan 23: Battle of Rabaul
• Jan 30: Ambon
• May 7: Battle of the Coral Sea
• Jul 1: El Alamein
• Jul 21: Kokoda - Papua New Guinea
• Aug 25: Milne Bay - Papua New Guinea WW2
• Nov 22: Buna / Gona / Sanananda "The Battle of the Beachheads" - New Guinea
1943
• Sep 4: New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns
1944
• Oct 15: New Britain
• Oct 20: RAN Operations SW Pacific 1944-45 - "Lleyte 1944 / Lingayen Gulf 1945"
• Nov 1: Bougainville
• Nov 19: Aitape - Wewak, New Guinea
1945
• Apr 16: Borneo - Operation Oboe July - August 1945