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        Members of the Australian Forces Vietnam Provost (Military Police) AFV PRO, and the Corps of Royal New Zealand, Military Police from the Vung Tau Headquarters worked jointly in 1970 with members of the A Company Detachment, 720th MP Battalion, 89th MP Group, 18th MP Brigade in Vung Tau in III Corps Tactical Zone.
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Active Duty 1945-75
Vietnam Service
RVN Campaign

       If you served with these units as an MP in South Vietnam and would like to contribute any stories, reflections or photographs, use this Email Link.

      The members of the 720th MP Battalion Reunion Association Vietnam History Project are proud to host this webpage and extend a long overdue "Thanks Mates," to the Royal Australian Army Provost Corps (RAA PRO), Australian Force Vietnam Provost Unit, (AFV PRO), and Royal New Zealand Corps of Military Police at Vung Tau, who served in III Corps Tactical Zone, Vietnam with members of the Battalion.

        The first Australian Military Police to enter South Vietnam was a section of the 1st Division Provost Company (1 DIV PRO COY), arriving in Saigon, South Vietnam, on 12 May 1965. They were part of the Australian Force Vietnam HQ (AFV HQ), Saigon.

        The Military Police in South Vietnam were all members of the Royal Australian Army Provost Corp (RAA PRO) and belonged to the only Australian Military Police unit in South Vietnam, known as the Australian Force Vietnam Provost Unit (AFV PRO). They were also joined by members of the Royal New Zealand Corps of Military Police. The primary area of operations for Australian Forces in Vietnam was Nu Dat.

        MPs of the 720th served alongside Aussy and Kiwi MPs at Vung Tau in 1970-1972, and for approximately one month during January-February 1968 a small detachment of Australian MPs served attached to B Company on Long Binh Post.

        The MPs of A Company also shared a barracks with members of the Australian Forces 104th Signal Squadron at their detachment in Bearcat in 1969.

TET 1968 - As seen by an MP By SGT John Proctor, Australian Forces Provost Unit, Vietnam 1967-1968
I WAS ONLY NINETEEN   (A WALK IN THE LIGHT GREEN) ~ John Schumann, Redgum 1983.
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