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ORGANISATION


1 ATF's organisation varied as Australian and New Zealand units rotated through South Vietnam and the total size of the Australian and New Zealand force in South Vietnam changed.

1 ATF ''typically'' consisted of:
  • Headquarters Company, 1 ATF

  • Two or three infantry battalions

  • One field artillery regiment (with an attached US medium artillery battery)

  • One field squadron (engineers)

  • One APC Squadron ( M-113 )

  • One Armoured Squadron ( Centurion Tanks )

  • One Special Air Service Squadron ( Australian and New Zealand SAS)

  • One Signals Squadron

  • 1st Australian Task Force Logistics Company

  • 161 Reconnaissance Flight

  • No. 9 Squadron RAAF ( UH-1 Iroquois )


The Australian Army Training Team Vietnam was separate from 1 ATF and reported directly to the Australian Force Vietnam headquarters located in Saigon which provided administrative support to all Australian forces in South Vietnam.


REFERENCES


Australian War Memorial Vietnam War 1962 - 1972

Brian Ross Australian Order of Battle for Vietnam 1962-1972

Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia 1st Australian Task Force Organisation Chart as at 31 December 1966