1962
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Prime Minister of Australia, sent his men to Vietnam.
Australia and New Zealand did, but the UK did not.
easy YES!
1965
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Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War was to stop the spread of communism. What began as a limited engagement of a few troops ended with more than 60,000 troops in Vietnam and the title as Australia's most costly war.
All three Australian armed forces and civilian formations were involved in the Vietnam war from 1962 to 1972. The related link lists them.
Australia is located in the Asian sphere.
Australia had nothing to do with the Vietnam War.
Korea, Australia, Phillipines, and Canada all pitched in during the Vietnam war alongside the U.S. effort to preserve democracy in South Vietnam.
The United States did get involved in the Vietnam war because of communism in Vietnam.