Battle Honours
Ships named HMAS Westralia are entitled to carry six battle honours:
- Pacific 1941–45
- New Guinea 1943–44
- Leyte Gulf 1944
- Lingayen Gulf 1945
- Borneo 1945
- Kuwait 1991
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