My brother-in-law was in the Australian Air Force at the time and they thought along the same lines as the Canadians ... the Vietnam War should have never happened.
Over 3,000 Australian Servicemen wounded in Vietnam.
i think a few british troops were 'accidentily' shiped to 'nam with the australian SAS but not in any great numbers.
Australian Army Training Team Vietnam's motto is 'Persevere'.
Australian Army Training Team Vietnam was created in 1962.
Australian Army Training Team Vietnam ended in 1972.
About 8,000 Australian servicemen fought in the Vietnam War. Approximately 600 were killed there.
Australia lost about 600 men in Vietnam.
Australian maintained a troop level of approximately 8,000 men in Vietnam during the war.
Australian Centurion tank crewmen, artillerymen, infantrymen, and they flew B-57 Canberra bombers in Vietnam.
On 28 April, 1965, Australian Prime Minister, Robert Menzies, announced that Australian troops would be sent to support the United States forces in the Vietnam war. The first Australian troops arrived in Vietnam in May 1965.
Australians fought as their own "1st Australian Task Force."
Australia sent 4 Navy Destroyers and a regiment of Australian Centurion tanks into the Vietnam War.