Content on Vietnam

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Allan Hudson - Vietnam War veteran (Oral history)

Australian Army personnel during the Vietnam War

The Australian Army was the first Australian service sent to the Vietnam War.

Cold War, politics and the Vietnam War

After World War II, the world was divided by the Cold War between communist and non-communist powers.

Commemorating Australia's Vietnam veterans

Commemoration honours those who died, recognises those who returned, and acknowledges the effects of service on veterans, families and communities.

Denis Gibbons: Photographing Australia's Vietnam War (Video)

The story of Australian photojournalist Denis Gibbons and the experiences of service personnel and Vietnamese people that he captured during the Vietnam War. Researched by Dr Dale Blair, DVA…

Dennis Mitchell - Vietnam (Video)

Dennis Michael John Mitchell grew up in the Sydney suburb of Georges Hill and attended Fort Street Boys' High School in Petersham, which he said gave him a 'terrific grounding'.

Experiences of Australians serving during the Vietnam War

Australian personnel who served in the Vietnam War had very different wartime experiences.

Home front and Australian society during the Vietnam War

Between 1962 and 1975, the Vietnam War affected life in Australia as well as the lives of those serving overseas.

John Ryan - Vietnam War veteran (Oral history)

John served in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969 with 4RAR. He recalls Operation Hawkesbury in Vietnam, coming home and rejoining the army.

John Ryan - Vietnam War veteran (Video)

John Ryan was born in Sydney in 1947.

John Sonneveld - Vietnam veteran (Video)

In 1962, when he was 17, (Michael) John Sonneveld joined the 4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse an

Operation Ivanhoe and the Battle of Nui Le 1971

Activities in Phuoc Tuy provincePhuoc Tuy province in the former Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) had been the scene of Australian Army operations since 1966.

Operations and battles involving Australians during the Vietnam War

From 1962, Australian military operations in South Vietnam began with a small Army training team advising South Vietnamese forces.

Richard Leslie Norden

Richard Leslie Norden was born in Gundagai, New South Wales, on 24 August 1948. He was the son of Walter Norden and his wife Rita Crane.

Rodney O'Regan - Vietnam War veteran (Oral history)

Rodney O'Regan - Vietnam War veteran (Video)

Rodney Stephen O'Regan OAM VA was born in Melbourne in 1947.

Royal Australian Air Force personnel serving during the Vietnam War

Although Australia’s involvement in the war began with Army advisers in 1962, the RAAF's direct role in South Vietnam began in 1964.

Royal Australian Navy personnel serving during the Vietnam War

While Australia’s involvement in the war began with Army advisers in 1962, the Navy’s direct role in the former Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) began in 1965.

Vincent John Cosgrove

Vincent Cosgrove was born in Casino, NSW, in 1946. His parents lived at Tabulam, a village between Casino and Tenterfield. The Cosgroves had settled in nearby Bottle Creek before World War I.
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