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Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result for Australia and/or its Allies Australian losses
(Killed or missing)
ADF
forces
Civilians
Second Boer War
(1899–1902)
 United Kingdom
 Canada
 Australia
 New Zealand
 South African Republic
 Orange Free State
Victory
606[1]
None[1]
Boxer Rebellion
(1900–1901)
 Japan
Russia Russia
 United Kingdom
France France
 United States
 Germany
 Austria-Hungary
 Italy
 Australia
Yihetuan
 China
Victory
  • Rebellion suppressed
  • Signing of the Boxer Protocol
  • Provisions for foreign troops stationed in Beijing
6[2]
None[2]
World War I
(1914–1918)
France France
 United Kingdom
Russia Russia
 Italy
 United States
 Serbia
 Belgium
 Romania
 Australia
 Canada
 New Zealand
 South Africa
 Greece
 Portugal
 Brazil
 Japan
Nepal
Siam
Hejaz
 Germany
 Austria-Hungary
 Ottoman Empire
 Bulgaria
Victory
60,000+[3]
None[3]
World War II
(1939–1945)
 Soviet Union
 United States
 United Kingdom
China
 France
 Poland
 Yugoslavia
 Greece
 Australia
 Canada
 New Zealand
 South Africa
 Denmark
 Norway
 Netherlands
 Belgium
 Luxembourg
 Czechoslovakia
Ethiopian Empire Ethiopia
 Brazil
 Mexico
 Colombia
Cuba
Nepal
Philippines
Mongolia
 Germany
 Japan
 Italy
 Romania
 Hungary
 Bulgaria
Slovakia
 Croatia
Thailand
 Iraq
Iran
Victory
39,366[4]
735[4]
Korean War
(1950–1953)
 South Korea
 United States
 United Kingdom
 Canada
 Turkey
 Australia
Ethiopian Empire Ethiopia
Philippines
 New Zealand
Thailand
Greece
 France
 Colombia
 Belgium
 South Africa
 Netherlands
 Luxembourg
 North Korea
 China
Stalemate
340[5]
None[5]
Malayan Emergency
(1950–1960)
 United Kingdom
 Malaya
 Australia
 New Zealand
MNLA Victory
  • Communist retreat from Malaya, Chin Peng exiled
39[6]
None[6]
Borneo Confrontation
(1963–1966)
 Malaysia
 United Kingdom
 Australia
 New Zealand
 Indonesia Victory
  • Indonesia accepts the formation of Malaysia
23[7]
None[7]
Vietnam War
(1965–1973)
South Vietnam
United States
 South Korea
Thailand
 Australia
 New Zealand
Philippines
Laos
Cambodia Khmer Republic
Vietnam North Vietnam
Viet Cong Viet Cong
Khmer Rouge
Laos Pathet Lao
Defeat
521[8]
None[8]
Gulf War
(1990–1991)
 Kuwait
United States
 United Kingdom
 Saudi Arabia
 France
 Canada
 Egypt
 Syria
 Oman
 UAE
 Qatar
 Italy
 Australia
 Argentina
Iraq Victory
None[9]
None[9]
War in Afghanistan
(2001–2021)
Afghanistan Northern Alliance
Afghan Armed Forces
United States
 United Kingdom
 Australia
 Canada
 Germany
 France
 Italy
 Czech Republic
 Netherlands
 Turkey
 Romania
 Georgia
 South Korea
 Poland
 Denmark
 Sweden
 Norway
 Singapore
 New Zealand
Afghanistan Taliban
Al-Qaeda
Defeat
41[10]
None[10]
Iraq War
(2003–2009)
 Iraq
Iraqi Kurdistan
United States
 United Kingdom
 South Korea
 Italy
 Poland
 Australia
 Georgia
 Ukraine
 Netherlands
 Spain
 Romania
 Bulgaria
 Denmark
Thailand
Iraq Iraq
Iraq SCJL
Iraq Naqshbandi Army
Al-Qaeda
Ansar al-Islam
File:IAILogo.png IAI
Mahdi Army
Badr Brigades
File:Kata'ib Hezbollah flag.svg Kata'ib Hezbollah
Inconclusive
2[9]
None[9]
War on ISIL
(2014–)
 Iraq
 Iraqi Kurdistan
Rojava
United States
 Canada
 United Kingdom
 France
 Germany
 Australia
 Turkey
 Saudi Arabia
 Qatar
 Jordan
 Bahrain
 UAE
 Morocco
 New Zealand
 Netherlands
 Belgium
 Denmark
 Norway
Islamic State Islamic State
Al-Qaeda
Ongoing
  • Airstrikes on ISIL and al-Qaeda positions in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Nigeria, and Afghanistan
None
None

References

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  • Footnotes
    1. ^ a b Australia and the Boer War, 1899–1902, Australian War Memorial.
    2. ^ a b China (Boxer Rebellion), 1900–01, Australian War Memorial.
    3. ^ a b First World War 1914–18, Australian War Memorial.
    4. ^ a b "Australian Military Statistics World War II - A Global Perspective". AWM. Archived from the original on May 27, 2010. Retrieved 2011-06-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
    5. ^ a b Korean War, 1950-53, Australian War Memorial.
    6. ^ a b Malayan Emergency, Australian War Memorial.
    7. ^ a b Indonesian Confrontation, 1963–66, Australian War Memorial.
    8. ^ a b Vietnam War 1962–75, Australian War Memorial.
    9. ^ a b c d Iraq, Australian War Memorial.
    10. ^ a b "Australian soldier dead in Afghanistan named as lance corporal Todd Chidgey". the Guardian. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
    11. ^ References:
  • Sources:
    • Muirden, Bruce (1990). The Diggers Who Signed On For More: Australia's Part in the Russian Wars of Intervention, 1918–1919. Kent Town: Wakefield Press. ISBN 1-86254-260-0.