Key Dates in Australia's Military History: 1965–1966
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Australian soldiers wait to return to base after the Battle of Long Tan in Vietnam, 18 August 1966.
(AWM negative CUN/66/704/VN)
May 1965
First Australian combat force of 1100 soldiers sent to Vietnam.
13 November 1965
Warrant Officer KA Wheatley, Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV), posthumously awarded the first Victoria Cross awarded in Vietnam.
April 1966
Prime Minister Harold Holt visits Australian forces in Vietnam.
May 1966
Australian Task Force of 4500 service personnel is established at Nui Dat, Vietnam.
The Piper’s Lament, dedication on 18 August 1969 of Long Tan Cross.
(AWM BEL/69/0556/VN)
18 August 1966
Battle of Long Tan, Vietnam.
October 1966
United States President Lyndon Johnson visits Australia. Prime Minister Harold Holt declares that ‘Australia will be all the way with LBJ’.
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