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The arrival of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam
The Australian Army Training Team Vietnam arrived in South Vietnam and it was the start of Australias involvement in the Vietnam War. -
Australia dispatched the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment.
Australia dispatched the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) to serve alongside the US 173d Airborne Brigade in Bien Hoa province. -
Government announced the dispatch of a taskforce to replace 1RAR.
the Government announced the dispatch of a taskforce to replace 1RAR, it consisted of 2 battalions and support services, they would be based at Nui Dat, Phuoc Tuy province. -
6RAR was engadged in Australia's heviest action of the war.
6RAR was engadged in Australia's heviest action of the war in a rubber plantation near Long Tan. -
The third RAAF squadron was deployed.
The third RAAF squadron was deployed to south vietnam. -
The RAN contributed a clerance diving team and helicopter detachment.
The RAN contributed a clerance diving team and helicopter detachment that operated with the US Army. -
A major offensive by the Vient Cong and the North Vietnamese Army launched.
A major offensive by the Vient Cong and the North Vietnamese Army launched during the Vietnamese lunar holiday. -
Anit-War protests began.
An Anti-war protest began and the people were begenning to think that the war could no be won so they started a "Don't Register" campaign to persuade young men from joining the army. -
The US and South Vietnemese troops were orded to move.
The US and South Vietnemese troops were orded to cross the border into cambodia. -
All 9 RAR battalions served before it was withdrawn.
All nine RAR battalions served in the taskforce at one time or another, before it was withdrawn in 1971. -
Withdrarall of troops.
The withdrawall of troops continued through out 1971. -
Tthe last battalion left Nui Dat
The last battalion left Nui Dat while a handful of advisers belonging to the Team remained in Vietnam the following year. -
Last troops to come home.
They were the last troops to come home.
