Commonwealth Countries During and Subsequent to World War II

Commonwealth countries during World War II (Other than Australia)

• Canada from 10 September 1939
• Newfoundland 
• New Zealand 
• South Africa from 6 September 1939
• United Kingdom

Commonwealth countries subsequent to 1945

1947 — India

Pakistan (withdrew 1972)

1948 — Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

1957 — Ghana

Federation of Malaya (became Malaysia in 1963)

1960 — Nigeria

1961 — Cyprus

Sierra Leone

Tanganyika (now Tanzania)

1962 — Jamaica

Trinidad and Tobago

Uganda

1963 — Zanzibar (now Tanzania)

Kenya

1964 — Malawi

Malta

Zambia

1965 — Gambia

Singapore (on secession from Malaya)

1966 — Guyana

Botswana

Lesotho

Barbados

1968 — Mauritius

Swaziland

Nauru

1970 — Tonga

Western Samoa

Fiji

1972 — Bangladesh

1973 — Bahamas