The RAN Nursing Service, (RANNS), which had been formed in October 1942, was disbanded. 57 uniformed nursing sisters had served in the RANNS during WWII. Civilian nurses were employed to provide care to RAN personnel from this time.
HMAS Deloraine paid off into Reserve at Fremantle. She had then steamed some 166,000 miles of which 129,000 miles were steamed on active service in World War II. She was sold to the Delta Shipping Co Ltd, Hong Kong, on 8 August 1956 for breaking up.