Australian military deployments in WWII By swonicles 1940 Bomber Command (Britain) RAF, RAAF. Period: 1940 to 1942 Mediterranean Theatre RAN, RAAF, Army 1942 Tobruk Libya- Army, RAN, RAAF 1942 Crete RAN, Army 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea RAN 1942 Singapore Army Period: 1942 to 1944 New Guinea 1944 Philipines RAN