Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will hold his first meeting with President Donald Trump, when the two leaders visit New York City next week, the White House has revealed.

Press secretary Sean Spicer said President Trump will return to his hometown on Thursday, May 4, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of World War II's Battle of the Coral Sea, in which both Australian and US forces fought the Japanese army.

Mr Spicer said the president would speak on board the USS Intrepid - a decommissioned World War II aircraft carrier that survived torpedo and kamikaze attacks, which is now permanently berthed in New York as part of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.

Mr Trump will then hold talks with the Australian prime minister.