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Nevertheless, Australian troops from the Australian Embassy Platoon remained deployed in the country until 1 July 1973, [2] and Australian forces were deployed briefly in April 1975, during the fall of Saigon, to evacuate personnel from the Australian embassy. Approximately 60,000 Australians served in the war: 521 were killed and more than ...
Pages in category "Australian military personnel of the Vietnam War" The following 118 pages are in this category, out of 118 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Vietnam War naval ships of Australia (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Military units and formations of Australia in the Vietnam War" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total.
More than 60,000 Australians - about a quarter of them conscripted - served in controversial Vietnam War from 1962 to 1973, as part of an allied force led by the US. "Private Richard Norden is a ...
The last elements returned to Australia in 1973. [1] In total, around 50,000 Australians served during the Vietnam War, including 42,437 members of the Australian Army, 3,310 from the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), and 4,443 from the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), [2] with casualties including 519 killed and 2,348 wounded. [3] [Note 1]
The 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF) was a brigade-sized formation which commanded Australian and New Zealand Army units deployed to South Vietnam between 1966 and 1972. 1 ATF was based in a rubber plantation at Nui Dat, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) north of Bà Rịa in Phuoc Tuy Province and consisted of two and later three infantry battalions, with armour, aviation, engineers and artillery support.
The 1st Armoured Personnel Carrier Squadron (1 APC Sqn) was an armoured unit of the Australian Army raised for service during the Vietnam War.Raised in 1965, the unit was deployed to South Vietnam in May 1966 to join the 1st Australian Task Force.
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