Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Aus.) an Asian, orig. a N. Korean or N. Vietnamese soldier, subseq. an Asian immigrant to Australia, generic for any foreigner (see cite 1986).

1945		Aus. Women’s Wkly 13 Oct. 10/4: [T]here was such a helter-skelter of Noggies, Yips, Nips, Japs, or unprintables down to the compound that the boys were sure there was an air raid.
1950		‘They’re Movin’ On’ in L. Cleveland Songs of the Vietnam War (1986) 🎵 Ashes to ashes and dust to dust, / If the Noggies don’t get you the Aussies must, / We’re movin’ on, we’re movin’ on.
1954		N. Bartlett With Australians in Korea 217: This old bloke says there are about a hundred noggies in the village.
1975		Bulletin (Sydney) 10 May 14/2: The Australian Press has barely given a glimpse of how our rank-and-file infantrymen really felt about Vietnam and its people [...] The word ‘noggy’ [...] that Australian Army slang word, with all its harshness and ugliness, gives a sense of how our bitter troops felt the waste of it all.
1982		Canberra Times 23 Sept. 3/3: I guess you blokes know why I am around ...looking for ‘noggies’ and ‘dapto dogs’ [AND].
1986		R.G. Barrett Godson 321: [of the Irish] ‘There’s two dead noggies in the driveway’.
1994		(con. 1965–73) Paul Weaver at anthro-l mailling list 🌐 There was a ‘type’ of person whom I frequently came across in both the Australian and American military. They were the rednecks, a bit short on IQ in my opinion. They hated ‘noggies, gooks and slopeheads’ with a passion which I still do not fully understand.
2000		(con. 1965–73) Ross Johnson Aus. Involvement in Vietnam 🌐 We had been there several days when overnight the Noggies bombarded the base with the ever-popular 120mm rockets, which they were firing across our camp and into the air base.