Vietnam War
Iroquois helicopters land to take members of 7RAR back to Nui Dat after completion of Operation Ulmarra, August 1967. AWM EKN/67/0130/VN
Australia's military involvement in the Vietnam War was the longest in duration of any war in Australia's history.
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. The war was the cause of the greatest social and political dissent in Australia since the conscription referendums of the First World War. Many draft resisters, conscientious objectors, and protesters were fined or jailed, while soldiers met a hostile reception on their return home.
More about the Vietnam War
Essays, articles, and talks
- Vietnam War, 1962–75
- Overview of Australian military involvement in the Vietnam War, 1962–75
- Australian military unit profiles: Vietnam, 1962–72
- Statistics: Australian casualties in the Vietnam War, 1962–72
- Vietnam: 30 years on (audio and transcript) - Australian War Memorial Anniversary Oration by Paul Kelly, 11 November 2005
- 40th anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan
- Chris Coulthard-Clark, "Tet turning point", Wartime 20 (2002)
- Craig Wilcox, "Life at the Dat", Wartime 29 (2005)
- Harry Smith, "Eyewitness: Long Tan", Wartime 35 (2006)
- Encyclopedia entries :
From the collection
- Australian Army war diaries: south-east Asian conflicts
- Official Histories: south-east Asian conflicts
Find a person
- Roll of Honour
Details of members of the Australian armed forces who died while on active service
Research guides
- Information sheet: researching Australian military service – Vietnam War
- Chronological guide to Official Records: Vietnam War, 1962–75
- Finding aid: guide to David Bradbury’s film Frontline
Exhibitions
- Conflicts 1945 to today: new permanent galleries
- Impressions: Australians in Vietnam: travelling exhibition
External links
- Department of Veterans' Affairs: Nominal Roll of Vietnam veterans
- Department of Veterans' Affairs: Australia and the Vietnam War
