Battle Honours
Ships named HMAS Kanimbla are entitled to carry seven battle honours:
- New Guinea 1944
- Leyte Gulf 1944
- Lingayen Gulf 1945
- Borneo 1945
- Pacific 1945
- Persian Gulf 2001–03
- Iraq 2003
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