Vietnam had known war for several decades before Australia’s involvement. Centuries of French colonial rule ended with a Japanese invasion and occupation during 1940-1945. A French attempt to resume control resulted in a war for independence which ended with Vietnam dividing into communist North and a nominally democratic South.
A communist insurgency and political turmoil in the South drew in the United States’ and South Vietnam’s regional ally, Australia in 1962. The United States and her allies withdrew from Vietnam in 1973. South Vietnam surrendered to the North in 1975.
Some 60,000 Australians served in Vietnam, 523 lost their lives and many more were wounded. The Vietnam War became one of the most divisive episodes in Australia's twentieth century history.
Today we remember those who lost their lives in Vietnam and the impact that involvement in that war had on Australia during a turbulent decade.
This commemorative coin features:
2 Dollars ($2)
'C' Mintmark
Al/Bronze
Encapsulated & Carded
Mintage 80,000
Uncirculated (UNC)
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