All men had to register for the draft; then wait until they received their notice in the mail.
WWII
Military conscription.
YES. During the Vietnam War, both the North and the South drafted their men.
Contact Australian Vietnam Veterans Organization.
Yes, Australia drafted men during the war.
Conscription.
The FIRST US draft was during the US Civil War (1861-1865). The LAST US draft was during the Vietnam War (1961-1975).
Conscription was introduced in Australia by the Holt Government due to the National Service Act passed in 1964. This continued until 1971 when Australia pulled out of the Vietnam War.
During the Vietnam War, all combatants (including North Vietnam) used draftees except for the New Zealanders, they sent volunteers to South Vietnam.
Australia had conscription in place and active , before the Vietnam war in 1972 ,( or somewhere close to that) in the elections, the labor party defeated the democratic party. this was due to the labor party promising to abolish conscription and allow conscripted soldiers out of the army when labor won this did happen and there has not been conscription since
Register for the draft, Mailman delivers a letter; you read the instructions, then follow those instructions.
The process forcing people to join the army during World War 1 was called conscription