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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