Australian Units Involved in the Korean War

Royal Australian Navy
Australian Army
Royal Australian Air Force

Royal Australian Navy

Aircraft Carriers
HMAS Sydney
HMAS Vengeance*

Destroyers
HMAS Anzac
HMAS Arunta*
HMAS Bataan
HMAS Warramunga
HMAS Tobruk

Frigates

HMAS Shoalhaven
HMAS Murchison
HMAS Condamine
HMAS Culgoa

* Served after the signing of the armistice

Air Squadrons
805 Squadron (Hawker Sea Fury FB.ll)
808 Squadron (Hawker Sea Fury FB.ll)
817 Squadron (Fairey Firefly FR.4 & AS.5)

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Australian Army

1 RAR
2 RAR
3 RAR

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Royal Australian Air Force

77 Squadron (flying Mustangs and, later, Meteors)
30 Communications Unit (later known as 30 Transport Unit and then 36 Transport Squadron, flying C-47 Dakotas)
491 Maintenance Squadron
91 Composite Wing
391 Base Squadron

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