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Originally Posted by TarJak
That's why I wrote ALMOST!  There were no Australian units involved in the Falklands, although I remember reading somewhere that there were a small number of individual Australian servicemen on exchange with the SAS, RAF and RN who may have been in the vicinity.
Much the same There has and still is a long standing tradition of exchange programs across the services where individuals will spend time with each others units. They get integrated so would not show as distinct units in any records of the conflict.
The RAN did much heavier deployments into the Indian Ocean during 1982 that previous years. HMAS Perth was sent there for 5 months which for that ship was unusual. The usual deployment was around a month. HMAS Swan and Yarra were deployed into SEAsia for about 3 months in August 1982 which again was unusual as mot deployments were for only a month or two prior to that peroid.
There were quite a few HMAS involved in Vietnam as well right through the conflict. |
No sweat...you supported the motherland....much kudos to you mongrels
