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LOL the first Australian shot of the war was across the bow of one of our own ships. That's a little interesting bit of trivia.

It's not important, but Australia entered WW11 before the U.S.A. U.S.A. after Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7 1941 and Australia

"Remembering "Players" and "Stastics": World War II Fast Facts
(CNN) - Here's a look at World War II, which lasted from 1939 to 1945."

Australia entered World War II on 3 September 1939, following the government's acceptance of the United Kingdom's declaration of war on Nazi Germany. Australia later entered into a state of war with other members of the Axis powers, including the Kingdom of Italy on 11 June 1940,[1] and the Empire of Japan on 9 December 1941.[2] By the end of the war, almost a million Australians had served in the armed forces, whose military units fought primarily in the European theatre, North African campaign, and the South West Pacific theatre. In addition, Australia came under direct attack for the first time in its post-colonial history. Its casualties from enemy action during the war were 27,073 killed and 23,477 wounded.[3]

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The first Australian shot of the war took place several hours after the declaration of war when a gun at Fort Queenscliff fired across the bows of an Australian ship that failed to identify itself as it attempted to leave Melbourne without required clearances.[11] On 10 October 1939, a Short Sunderland of No. 10 Squadron, based in England for re-equipment, became the first Australian and the first Commonwealth air-force unit to go into action when it undertook a mission to Tunisia.[12]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_Australia_during_World_War_II

so, this bit of the summary, as is, gives a bit of a wrong impression.

"Allied Powers:
The United States, Great Britain, China and the Soviet Union made up the Allies, the group fighting the Axis. Between 1939 and 1944 at least 50 nations would eventually fight together.
Thirteen more nations would join by 1945 including: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, British Commonwealth of Nations, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Greece, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Philippines and Yugoslavia."

Who cares now really, just felt that little point could be made.