Seventy-seven members served in the Australian and allied Military Forces during World War II.
- forty-eight members of Parliament served with the Army as part of the Australian Imperial Force
- twenty-four served with the Royal Australian Air Force
- five served with the Royal Australian Navy and/or Royal Australian Navy Reserves
- five members of Parliament served in both WWI and WWII
Awards
Six members were decorated for their service.
| Name | Decoration |
|---|
| Sir Charles Court |
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE (Military Division) |
| Victor Jasper Ferry |
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) |
| William Grayden |
Medal of the Order of Australia (OA) |
| Edward Charles House |
Distinguish Flying Medial (DFM) and Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar (DFC), Africa Star |
| Hugh Alan Leslie |
Order of the British Empire (OBE) |
| Graham Charles MacKinnon |
Efficiency Decoration (ED) |
Wounded in Action
| Name | Service |
|---|
| Sir David Brand |
Served in Greece; wounded 24 April 1941 |
| Hugh Norman Gutherie |
Served in Middle East, Papua and New Guinea, Dutch New Guinea, Morotai and Borneo; wounded in Sanananda |
| Phillip Richard Lawrence |
Served in 2/28th Battalion at Tobruk—Sergeant; wounded 27 July 1942 and repatriated |
| Hugh Alan Leslie |
Badly wounded at Tobruk 1941 - right leg amputated |
| Ivan Wemyss Manning |
Wounded in action 27 July 1942 at Ruin Ridge, El Alamein - lost an arm. |
| John Verdun Newton* |
Killed in Action |
| John Carmichael Tozer |
Commando Squadron (25 November 1943–19 September 1944); wounded in action 20 September 1943 |
| Gerald Percy Wild |
Wounded in action in Crete 24 May 1941 |
*John Verdun Newton was killed in action. He was elected to the seat of Greenough 20 November 1943 but was never sworn in. He went missing presumed killed during a bombing raid over Germany on 14 January 1944.
Service in both Wold War I and World War II
| Name | Service |
|---|
| Arthur Valentine Rutherford Abbott |
Enlisted Perth Australian Imperial Force (AIF) 26 May 1916 - 1919
Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) 1 October 1935 - 1945 |
| Edwin Corboy |
Enlisted with 1st Australian Imperial Force (AIF) 25 June 1915 - 1917
Enlisted 2nd Australian Imperial Force 3 August 1942 - 1945 |
| Evan Morris Davies |
Enlisted Australian Imperial Force (AIF) 8 August 1917 - 1919
During World War II served with 5th Garrison Battalion 29 October 1940 – 1941 |
| Hugh Alan Leslie |
Enlisted with the South African Force 1916 with Queens South African Rifles 1916 - 1919.
Joined the Australian Army during World War II 1940 served in the Middle East. Badly Wounded at Tobruk 1941; right leg amputated. |
| Hubert Stanley Wyborn Parker |
Enlisted Australian Imperial Force (AIF) 16 August 1914 - 1919
With Australian Army Legal Division 1940 - 1942
With Royal Australian Naval Reserve as Able-Seaman from 24 June 1942 - 1943 |