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Objective. To support South Vietnam against Communist attacks. Date. 31 July 1962 – 18 December 1972. Executed by. Approximately 61,000 military personnel [1] Casualties. 521 killed, ~3,000 wounded. Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War began with a small commitment of 30 military advisors in 1962, and increased over the following decade ...
Vietnam War 1962–75. Accession Number: EKN/67/0130/VN. Iroquois helicopters land to take members of 7RAR back to Nui Dat after completion of Operation Ulmarra, August 1967. The arrival of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) in South Vietnam during July and August 1962 was the beginning of Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War.
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Vietnam War and aftermath. Members of the 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment in Vietnam, November 1967. Australia participated in the Vietnam War as part of a United States led-intervention to Vietnam to assist South Vietnam against North Vietnam. Australia committed 50,000 troops in the country, in which 520 were killed.
Vietnam War. FULRO fought an insurgency against both South Vietnam and North Vietnam with the Viet Cong and was supported by Cambodia for much of the war. The Vietnam War (also known by other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 [A 1] to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina ...
The Vietnam War from 1962 to 1975 was one of the longest conflicts in the 20th century. Some 60,000 Australian defence personnel served in Vietnam over 10 years of the war. Our initial commitment of 30 military advisers in 1962 grew to include a battalion in 1965 and a task force in 1966. Australia's last combat troops came home in March 1972 ...
Chris Coulthard-Clark, The RAAF in Vietnam: Australian Air Involvement in the Vietnam War 1962-1975 (Sydney: Allen & Unwin in association with the Australian War Memorial, 1995) Volume 4 details RAAF involvement in Vietnam. For further information please refer to our guide Researching the history of a unit.
Sep 6, 2023 · In 1962 the United States asked Australia to send military advisers to Vietnam as a way of making the war against North Vietnam appear more international. The Menzies government readily agreed. The United States, Australia and New Zealand had signed the ANZUS treaty in 1951. Menzies hoped that by Australia sending advisers to Vietnam, America ...
