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1962 – 1975

“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. The Australian commitment consisted predominantly of army personnel, but significant numbers of air force and navy personnel and some civilians also took part…

From the time of the arrival of the first members of the Team in 1962 almost 60,000 Australians, including ground troops and air force and navy personnel, served in Vietnam; 521 died as a result of the war and over 3,000 were wounded…

Australia’s participation in the war was formally declared at an end when the Governor-General issued a proclamation on 11 January 1973. The only combat troops remaining in Vietnam were a platoon guarding the Australian embassy in Saigon, which was withdrawn in June 1973…

In early 1975 the communists launched a major offensive in the north of South Vietnam, resulting in the fall of Saigon on 30 April. During April a RAAF detachment of 7–8 Hercules transports flew humanitarian missions to aid civilian refugees displaced by the fighting and carried out the evacuation of Vietnamese orphans (Operation Babylift), before finally taking out embassy staff on 25 April.”

Vietnam War 1962–75, Australian War Memorial. https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/event/vietnam

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NameDetails
Beaton, Garry MichaelService #2783310. Royal Australian Infantry Corps. 1 Australian Reinforcement Unit. Headquarters,
1st Australian Task Force, 6th Battalion / 2nd Battalion.
12 January 1967 – 21 November 1967. Rank Private.
Luke, Trevor JohnService #4721477. Royal Australian Infantry Corps. 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment. 19th Intake.
13 May 1971 – 16 October 1971. Rank Lance-Corporal.
Probert, Adrian FrancisService #4720404. Royal Corps of Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
A Squadron Section, 1st Armoured Regiment Light Aid Detachment.
7 January 1970 – 27 August 1970. Rank Craftsman.

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