Battle Honours
Ships named HMAS Arunta have earned six battle honours:
- Pacific 1942–45
- New Guinea 1942–44
- Leyte Gulf 1944
- Lingayen Gulf 1945
- Borneo 1945
- Persian Gulf 2001–02
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