ABOUT OUR 86 TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION
86 Transport Platoon was raised in Puckapunyal, Victoria on the 1st of July 1960 as 86 TPT PL.
The Unit served in South Vietnam firstly as 86 Detachment then part of 5 Coy RAASC from 9 Jan 1967 to 12 Mar 1972 with Mk. V International Trucks, Tippers, Kaiser-Jeep–Mack powered, 20 US ton Semi-trailers and 46 Passenger Isuzu Buses. (Semi's were supplied by the US Army).
The Troop Emblem designed by 86 Transport Platoon troops during service in Viet Nam.
86 Transport Platoon unit returned to Australia in 1972 to become part of 26 Transport Company.
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86 Transport Troop is now part of the Royal Australian Corps of Transport (RACT)
The primary role of 86 Transport Troop is to provide Specialist Force Support Road Transport to the RDF (Ready Deployment Force) and Second Line Support to the LSG (Logistic Support Group).
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The Troops Secondary Role is to Supplement Divisional Transport
86 Transport Platoon RAASC was formed in 1960 as a part of Logistic Support in the Royal Australian Army Service Corps to support the carriage of troops, ammunition, supplies and foodstuffs, earth moving products, water and ice, in fact anything required in a war effort from sea port or air base to the man in the field.
To put it in context, we were the Linfox or Toll of the Australian Army.
86 Transport Platoon was first posted to Viet Nam in 1966 with a Detachment to support the Battalions of the Royal Australian Regiment at Bien Hoa, near Saigon, and later to the sea port of Vung Tau in Phuoc Tuy Province where Australia was given primary responsibility for security based at Nui Dat in the centre of the Province.
86 Transport Platoon remained in that location until the end of Australia’s commitment to the war effort and was the last remaining platoon to leave.
During the commitment from 1967 to 1972 over 500 regular army and national servicemen served with 86 Transport Platoon for periods up to 12 months tour of duty.