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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Military_history_ofMilitary history of Australia during the Vietnam War - Wikipedia

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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 ...

   • Date: 31 July 1962 – 18 December 1972
   • Location: Republic of Vietnam

   • Executed by: Approximately 61,000 military personnel
   • Objective: To support South Vietnam against Communist attacks

3. www.awm.gov.au › impressions › aust_vietnamImpressions: Australians in Vietnam: Photography, art and the war

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   Given the Australian media's general refusal to post correspondents to Vietnam long-term and their propensity to use images from international wire agencies, most reportage of the Vietnam War in Australia tended to have a bias toward depicting US operations; Australian actions became just a small part of the bigger picture.

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   How many Australians served in Vietnam?

   • Australians serving in Vietnam found themselves at the centre of much media attention. Some 60,000 Australians served in Vietnam. More than 500 of them lost their lives during the conflict. This book looks at Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War. The stories of the men and women who served there are used as ways to investigate the conflict.

   Australia and the Vietnam War - Anzac Portal

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   What was Australian art like during the Vietnam War?

   • Only a small quantity of Australian art produced during the Vietnam War was concerned with the war, and much of that was protest art. Australian artists at that time were more concerned with exploring abstraction, and the war was also unfashionable in the art world.

   Impressions: Australians in Vietnam: Photography, art and the war

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   Did Australians take photographs in Vietnam?

   • Yet, although a significant quantity of photography was made by Australians, it was American material obtained from international wire services that dominated the media. Among veteran (and their families), this was supplemented by the photographs and cine film they took while in Vietnam.

   Impressions: Australians in Vietnam: Photography, art and the war

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   Who photographed the Vietnam War in Australia?

   • Perhaps the most famous Australian photograph of the Vietnam War is by the Army Public Relations photographer Sergeant Mike Coleridge. Taken on 26 August 1967 at Phuoc Hai it depicts members of 5 Platoon, B Company, 7RAR, beside the road to Dat Do after completing a cordon and search mission.

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5. www.awm.gov.au › articles › eventVietnam War 1962–75 | Australian War Memorial

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   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.

6. www.awm.gov.au › visit › exhibitionsImpressions: Australians in Vietnam | Australian War Memorial

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   According to the Nominal Roll of Australian Vietnam Veterans, almost 60,000 Australians served in Vietnam. A total of 521 Australians died in the war: Australian Army (496); RAAF (17); RAN (8). These include three Australian servicemen who were declared “missing in action”. These three are in fact believed to have been “killed in action ...

7. commonslibrary.org › australian-women-protestAustralian women protest conscription during Vietnam War ...

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   In the Australia of the mid 1960s, when most women were non-working housewives and mothers, a group of women calling themselves Save Our Sons broke with convention and took to the streets. They were vehemently opposed to conscription, and the system of sending men to fight in the Vietnam War—a system which Labor opposition leader Arthur ...

8. www.abc.net.au › news › 2022/04/01During the Vietnam War, three trailblazing female journalists ...

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   Mar 31, 2022 · These extraordinary women were Australian news reporter Kate Webb, French-born photojournalist Catherine Leroy and American journalist Frances FitzGerald.

9. anzacportal.dva.gov.au › australia-and-vietnam-warAustralia and the Vietnam War - Anzac Portal

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   From the First and Second World Wars to Korea, Vietnam, the Middle East and Afghanistan, men and women have served. The Vietnam War (1962–1975) became the longest conflict of the twentieth century in which Australia was involved. The war in Vietnam was not the first time that the country had faced turmoil.