The Nominal Roll of Vietnam Veterans honours and commemorates approximately 61, people who served in Australia's defence forces during the period 23 May to 29 April either in Vietnam or in the waters adjacent to Vietnam. The Nominal Roll is an index of information that provides a 'snapshot' of individual service gathered from service records.
You can search for an individual's Vietnam War service details, print a commemorative certificate, provide feedback, and print a permission letter to use a service badge for commemorative purposes. Commemoration: Australia's Wartime Heritage. The First Indo-China War began in late As the French withdrew in the early s, American support of South Vietnam increased. This also marks the first use of Qantas charter flights to move troops into and out of South Vietnam-they become known as 'skippy flights'.
The anniversary has become Vietnam Veterans' Day. Some personnel wounded in Vietnam were to die in Australia after this date.
Some troops remain to guard the Australian Embassy. Without American support, South Vietnamese forces struggle to contain an enemy offensive.
They deliver Red Cross and United Nations supplies and evacuate embassy officials and their families and also some refugees, including war orphans evacuated from Saigon to Bangkok in Operation Baby Lift.
