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Lance Corporal Robert Slater searches vehicle loads for weapons or explosives at a road block.

Phuoc Tuy Province

Troops of 1RAR move through paddy fields as American helicopters fly overhead

Combat

Australian soldiers of the 7th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, wear American helmets and flak jackets as they stand guard outside the Hotel Canberra in Saigon during the Tet Offensive

The Tet Offensive

Head shot of Private Graham Griffiths

Conscription and the birthday ballot

Poster - 'HOW MANY YEARS CAN SOME PEOPLE EXIST. BEFORE THEY'RE ALLOWED TO BE FREE? STOP WAR OF INTERVENTION IN VIETNAM’

Public opinion

Standing in front of a row of army huts and tall trees, two men with large flags are dressed in army uniforms and standing at a flag pole, and an army band plays behind them.

Withdrawal of Australian troops from Vietnam War 1971 to 1973

A nab with his hands clasped in a prayer position standing next to a male soldier.

Aftermath

2 soldiers decorate a small shrub with tinsel

An Australian Christmas while serving in the Vietnam War

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