Australian Medals of WW2
AUSTRALIAN MEDALS
of the Second World War
More than 993,000 Australians served in the armed forces during World War II, between the declaration of war on Germany on 3 September 1939 and the surrender of Japan on 14 August 1945. Compared to WWI, twice as many Australians served in WWII, doing so in far-flung theatres of war ranging from Western Europe to the South Pacific. From 1942 onward, Australian troops played a decisive role in the Pacific theatre in an attempt to halt Japanese expansion in the region.