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The arrival of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) in South Vietnam
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National Service Scheme introduced.
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first actual war casualty (battle), selective conscription for 20yr olds
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The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) sent a flight of Caribou transports to the port of Vung Tau.
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The newly arrived 1st Australian Task Force established its Phuoc Tuy operations base.
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The battle of long tan started.
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Iroquois helicopters land to take members of 7RAR back to Nui Dat after completion of Operation Ulmarra
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the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army, launched during the Vietnamese lunar new year holiday period, known as "Tet".
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anti-war protests were gathering momentum in Australia. Opposition to conscription mounted, as more people came to believe the war could not be won.
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US and South Vietnamese troops were ordered to cross the border into Cambodia.
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Australia's participation in the war was formally declared at an end when the Governor-General issued a proclamation
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The only combat troops remaining in Vietnam were a platoon guarding the Australian embassy in Saigon,they were withdrawn in June 1973.
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the communists launched a major offensive in the north of South Vietnam, resulting in the fall of Saigon