Among the people who helped find them are those who fought against them — soldiers from Australia, and their descendants. The discovery has been more than a decade in the making, spearheaded by ...

He proclaimed that Australian soldiers in Vietnam had “upheld Australia’s name. You showed the Australian character at its finest. You deserved so very much better than you received.” ...

This is the story of how America’s Australian allies joined the fight against Communist tyranny in Vietnam. This coming April will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War.

An Australian soldier has been posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross - the Commonwealth's highest military honour - for bravery during the Vietnam War. The then 19-year-old Private Richard ...

The Vietnam War was a debacle. 50 years on, ... Now ask how many Australian soldiers were conscripted for service in Vietnam because their birthdays were picked out of a barrel.

The Australian war memorial website states more than 60,000 Australian soldiers served in the Vietnam War with 523 losing their life and almost 2,400 wounded in battle.

Fifty years after the conflict in Vietnam, the Australian soldiers who fought still bear the scars – as do their children and grandchildren. By Alasdair McGregor • 22 April 2025 Troops from 6th ...

In the May 26th battle, Vietnam lost six soldiers, and the Australian soldiers dug graves with shovels. Two days later, the fight intensified, resulting in 28 North Vietnamese soldiers being placed ...

Australia’s involvement began in 1962 when it agreed, as a US ally, to send ‘military advisers’ to Vietnam. Then, in 1965, in a move intended to further strengthen relations with the US and help ...

Australian Army troops march during a parade for returned Vietnam War soldiers in King William Street, Adelaide in 1969. Photo: Unidentified photographer ...

In 1968, John Bryant fought in the brutal Battle of Coral-Balmoral. Fifty-six years later, his memories are helping to unearth bodies of fallen Vietnamese soldiers.

An Australian soldier has been posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross - the Commonwealth's highest military honour - for bravery during the Vietnam War.