1962
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Prime Minister of Australia, sent his men to Vietnam.
Australia and New Zealand did, but the UK did not.
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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.
New Zealand was part of ANZUS (allied with Australia & US).
North Vietnam & the local VC supplied by USSR/Red China against the US/Australia/New Zealand/South Korea/South Vietnam/Thailand/Philippines.
Australia is located in the Asian sphere.
WW1 , WW2, Korea, Vietnam and Iraq