Vietnam, National Service Scheme
The National Service Scheme operated from November 1964 to December 1972. It was based on a birthday ballot of 20-year-old men who had registered with the Department of Labour and National Service. Those chosen by ballot were called up to perform two years' continuous full-time service in the Regular Army Supplement, followed by three years' part-time service in the Regular Army Reserve. The scheme was designed to create an army strength of 40,000 full-time soldiers.
Street sign for "Noack Avenue", Nui Dat, Vietnam, 1966 – named after Private E. W. Noack from B Company (5RAR), the first national serviceman killed in South Vietnam. C246316
Further Information
- Document: Appendix from the Vietnam official history
Peter Edwards, A nation at war: Australian politics, society and diplomacy during the Vietnam War 1965–1975, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, NSW, 1997 - Nominal Roll of Vietnam Veterans
Department of Veterans' Affairs nominal roll
- Document: Appendix from the Vietnam official history