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Were young men conscripted into the Australian army during the Vietnam War?
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∙ 13y ago
From approximately 1962-1972 over 50,000 Australian Servicemen fought in Vietnam, of which over 19,000 were drafted men. Over 63,000 Australian men were conscripted (drafted) during the war. Nearly 520 Australians were killed in Vietnam, of which over 200 were conscripts. 2,400 were injured.
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∙ 14y agoApproximately 50,000 Australians served in Vietnam during the course of the war. About 19,000 of them were draftees. However, these are totals: actually in country at one time was generally around 6,000 men for a year. Keeping in mind, just as in America, the balance of the men (volunteers, roughly 31,000 men) were "draft-induced" volunteers; meaning they volunteered because they felt they were going to be drafted anyway.
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