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First Australians sent to South Vietnam
Reginald Townley wants to send Australian army advisers to South Vietnam to help the South Vietnam army in the war -
First Australian dies in Vietnam
Advisor, Sergeant William Hacking becomes the first Australian to die in Vietnam when his weapon accident shot him because it was caught in vegetation -
First Australian to be killed by a Vietcong
Warrant Officer, Kevin Conway becomes the first Australian to die as a result of enemy action in South Vietnam. -
More adivsers sent
Australian Government, responding to requests from the US President and South Vietnam Prime Minister, sends 200 additional advisers to Vietnam -
First Aussie military Battalion to South Vietnam
The Australian Government announces to send their first miliitary battalion to South Vietnam which is the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment -
Holt puts conscripts in Vietnam
Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt adds an additional 4350 men to Vietnam, in which some of them will include conscripts -
Battle of Long Tan
About 108 Aussie soldiers engage in a battle between around 2000 Vietcong. The battle was won by Aussie soldiers despite the small numbers due to artillery support. -
Poll wants more
Morgan Gallup poll says that 62% of Australians is in favour of continuing Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War. -
Victorian Cross awarded
Major Peter Badcoe, is posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross after being killed in action. He was awarded the Cross for saving a US medic while under heavy fire, and winning a what was thought losing battle against Vietcong forces -
More soldiers keep rolling in
Prime Minister Harold Holt increases Aussie forces in Vietnam with an extra 1700 men being sent. -
Battle of Coral
A battle took place at fire support base Coral & Balmoral in which the Australians were engaged in firefights in the Vietcong, One mortar platoon and a battery gun was overrun, but after two hours of heavy fighting the Australians eventually won the battle. Two days later the NVA & Vietcong situated themselves around Coral in hopes to string them out. But this was a failure as four Centurion tanks swept the outside of the base a killed large numbers of them -
Battle of Balmoral
Fire support base Balmoral which is located near FSB Coral was also under attack by NVM & VC forces. Over the past days, the Communists were badly defeated, they were going up against tanks and mortar fire combined with infantry. Altogether the Battle of Coral and Balmoral had 300 Communists killed compared to 25 Aussie soildiers killed -
Battle of Binh Ba
Australian forces fight against NVA & VC forces in a village called Binh Ba. The house-to-house firefights was not known by the Aussies, but they managed to sweep the entire village, with 107 communist forces killed, while only 1 Australian soldier killed
