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
United Kingdom
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
United Kingdom
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
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
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
Khmer Republic |
North Vietnam
Viet Cong
Khmer Rouge
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) |
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 |
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 SCJL
Naqshbandi Army
Al-Qaeda
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Mahdi Army
Badr Brigades 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
Al-Qaeda |
Ongoing
- Airstrikes on ISIL and al-Qaeda positions in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Nigeria, and Afghanistan
|
None |
None |