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Robert Hall wrote a new post, Defending the Nui Dat base 5 months ago
By Bob Hall
When combat elements of 1ATF were deployed on operations it was essential that the Nui Dat base remained secure. Headquarters 1ATF Standing Operating Procedures set out the requirements for base […]
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Robert Hall commented on the post, The real story: First battle of Coral 5 months ago
More from Brian Buzzard. Our Platoon leader Lt. Tony Jensen was awarded a medal of Gallantry in 2018 : and Alan ‘Jack’ Parr also MG to be announced soon. It has taken 50 and 54 years to recognise their efforts on that bloody awful night. They called in Splintex and all sorts of ordnance onto our call-sign to save what was left of the platoon of 18. We lost 5 KIA and 8 WIA in the initial…Read More
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Robert Hall commented on the post, The real story: First battle of Coral 5 months, 1 week ago
5715063 was my number for two years national service (8th intake). I was in Infantry and a Reo to 7RAR in Jan 1968. By April 68, 7RAR left Vietnam and 1RAR absorbed us into their platoons. I was in the Mortar Platoon in Bob Hickey’s section. FSPB Coral was 1RARs first major engagement with the enemy and they were still learning the ropes before this action. Lt. Jensen and Lt. Ahearn’s…Read More
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Robert Hall wrote a new post, Snapshot: The Australian Army 1969/70 7 months ago
By Bob Hall
Throughout the Vietnam War the Australian Army remained quite small compared to the other forces involved in the campaign such as the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), the US Army and the Army […]
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Robert Hall wrote a new post, The National Intelligence Committee Reports 1 year ago
By Bob Hall
In early 1970, Malcolm Fraser, then Minister for Defence in the Gorton-led Coalition government, visited Vietnam to ‘survey the political situation, the prospects of the Saigon Government, and the p […] -
By Bob Hall
3 October 2021 marks the 50th anniversary of the 1971 Presidential election in the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam). While debate has swirled around questions of which military strategy was best […]
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Robert Hall wrote a new post, Artillery Forward Observer at Nui Le 1 year, 6 months ago
By Greg Gilbert
In September 1971 4 RAR/NZ (ANZAC) was engaged on Operation Ivanhoe in the north of Phước Tuy Province. On the morning of 21 September D Company made contact with a bunker system in the vic […]
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Robert Hall wrote a new post, Tensions: The VC and the NVA 1 year, 6 months ago
By Ernie Chamberlain
“The northerners – who have had considerable infusion of Chinese blood, are noted for their aggressiveness, energy and sense of superiority toward the southerners whom they regard as i […]
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Robert Hall wrote a new post, Việt Cộng Capture ARVN Soldiers 9 December 1966 1 year, 8 months ago
By Ernie Chamberlain,
The 5th Việt Cộng Division – with an estimated strength 4,500[1], comprised two main force infantry regiments: the 274th (aka 4th) Regiment and the 275th (aka 5th) Regiment. During the Battl […]
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By Ernie Chamberlain.
In the afternoon of 27 November 1967, 12 Platoon, D Company, 7RAR engaged about 30 Việt Cộng near an unoccupied base camp at YS 336708 – about 10 kilometres north-east of 1 ATF’s Núi Đất ba […]
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Robert Hall commented on the post, Nui Le: The last battle, 21 Sep 1971 1 year, 9 months ago
The following members of 4RAR/NZ (ANZAC) were killed or wounded in action during the intense fighting at the battle of Nui Le on 21 September 1971.
Killed in action
Private B. C. Beilken, 11 Platoon, D Company (National Serviceman) Gunshot
Private J. Duff, 12 Platoon, D Company, (National Serviceman) Gunshot and RPG shrapnel
Private Kingston-Powles, 11 Platoon, D Company, (Regular…Read More -
Robert Hall commented on the post, Nui Le: The last battle, 21 Sep 1971 1 year, 9 months ago
Hi David, Thanks for pointing this out. I’ve now changed the data to reflect your advice. Trying to pin down details like this is sometimes difficult so we rely on people like yourself to help us get the details right. So many thanks.
Regards,
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By Bob Hall
Over the course of the war between 1966 when the Australian Task Force arrived, to the end of 1971 when the Task Force departed, Phuoc Tuy Province underwent significant changes. Some of these were […]
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By Hector Donohue
The Swimmer Sapper Threat
The significant threat posed by swimmer sappers in Vietnam was accentuated on 1 November 1968 when USS Westchester County (LST-1167), a 115m tank landing ship, was […]
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Robert Hall wrote a new post, Ambassador Bunker and the Tet Offensive of 1968 1 year, 10 months ago
By Bob Hall
Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker, United States Ambassador to the Republic of Vietnam from 5 April 1967 to 11 May 1973, wrote lengthy monthly reports to Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon. Bunker […]
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Robert Hall wrote a new post, Now's the time to record your place in history 2 years, 10 months ago
Now that COVID-19 is confining us to our homes, you may be finding that you’ve got time on your hands. One way of making good use of that time is to help make the Australia’s Vietnam War website the best it can […]
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By Bob Hall
Throughout the course of the Vietnam War, Gallup Polls were regularly conducted in the United States. Beginning in 1965 the polls asked a standard question:In view of the developments since we […]
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By Bob Hall
Following the Second World War, elements of the Australian Defence Forces were deployed on the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan, the Korean War, the Malayan Emergency and on […]
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Robert Hall wrote a new post, New articles posted 2 years, 11 months ago
To mark National Serviceman’s Day (14 February), we’ve posted an article titled ‘Gallup Polls #1 – National Service’. The article graphs the level of public support for the National Service Scheme, according […]
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Robert Hall wrote a new post, Gallup Polls #1 – National Service 2 years, 11 months ago
By Bob Hall
In May 1964 the Australian government introduced the National Service Scheme. Under the scheme, young men were selected by ballot for two years compulsory military service which could include service […]
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