The RSL (Returned and Services League)is essentially a club for war veterans, retired military personnel and the like. I don't know the exact reasons, but as an organisation made up of military people, it makes sense that they would support the war & the government's decisions.
Very carefully.
They agreed with the idea of the younger Australian's Participation in the war, as they felt it was the time for the younger Australian's to 'do their bit', like they had done in previous wars such as WWII.
Australia had nothing to do with the Vietnam War.
Great Britain specifically did not support Australia in the Vietnam War even though allied under SEATO to resist communist aggression in South East Asia, becoming in many Australian eyes Little England.
The groups within Australia that supported our involvement in the Vietnam war were: * The Returned Service League (RSL) * The Liberal party and Country (now known as National)party and * The older generation
Australia never fought Vietnam.
Australia deployed Infantrymen, artillerymen, one squadron of B57 Canberra medium bombers, and one regiment of Centurion medium tanks to South Vietnam.
Australian society mirrored American society after the war, on a smaller scale, due to population differences.
At the end of the Vietnam War, Congress refused to support South Vietnam any longer.
Lyndon Johnson in 1966 was the first US President to visit Australia. He was seeking support for the Vietnam War.
Election poll shows that 64% of Australians support Australian's role in Vietnam
Australia entered the Vietnam War because Australia feared that they would have to face the spread of Communism.