The Attack class fast patrol boat HMAS ACUTE was commissioned. ACUTE was laid down at Evans Deakin Yard, Brisbane, in April 1967, and launched on 26 August 1967.
CAPT I. R. Jones, RAN, and CMDR R. G. Harries, RAN, were awarded the MID, for their services in HMAS HOBART, (guided missile destroyer), in operations off Vietnam in 1967.