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Originally Posted by Highbury

They would be at war as soon as England was in any case so it may be easier to consider them one and the same.

Not correct.

Canada's PM Mackenzie King didn't formally declare war on Germany until 10 September 1939, after a special Parliamentary sitting approved his request to do so. Although listening to his 3 September 1939 speech here you'll hear, unsurprisingly, that Canada provided full support after Britain's declaration.

South Africa's new PM Jan Smuts declared war on Germany on 6 September 1939. This occured after his predecessor, JBM Hertzog, was disposed through party disagreement over his preference to remain neutral.

Unlike Australia, New Zealand and Newfoundland, these two countries had adopted the Statute of Westminster 1931, which gave them political independence. Australia, New Zealand and Newfoundland thus were considered at war as soon as Britain declared (although both PMs gave rousing speeches, and in the case of NZ, at the same time as Chamberlain).