2 RAR / NZ (ANZAC) BattalionPrint Page

The plaques commemorate those who served with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (RAR)  / New Zealand (NZ) Battalion during the Vietnam War. 

The 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR) embarked for operational service in South Vietnam on 19th May 1967. The unit sailed on H.M.A.S. Sydney to relieve the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (6 RAR) serving with the 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF) at Nui Dat in Phouc Tuy Province.

During this tour of duty, two companies of New Zealand Infantry were placed under command and 2 RAR became an ANZAC Battalion. This was the first time in the history of the Royal Australian Regiment that there had been an official integration of the Australian and New Zealand infantry soldiers working side by side under one name.

Australia's military involvement in the Vietnam War began with the arrival of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) in South Vietnam during July and August 1962.  Australia's participation in the war was formally declared at an end when the Governor-General issued a proclamation on 11 January 1973.

However, the end-date of Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War has officially been amended to 29 April 1975 to reflect Australia’s further involvement in the war during the fall of Saigon in 1975.  The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Australian War Memorial, in Canberra now recognise this new date.

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