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ANZAC Day 2004

26 April 2004
Anzac Day, Baghdad

Australia’s Defence contribution to Coalition military operations - is an integral part of the Australian Government’s commitment focused on humanitarian assistance and the rehabilitation of Iraq.

With more than 850 soldiers, sailors and airmen and airwomen deployed to the Middle East, Defence is playing a significant and constructive role in Iraq’s future, assisting national recovery programs and helping facilitate the transition to Iraq self-government.

An Army training team comprising 53 soldiers is providing vital assistance to the New Iraqi Army in the training of three Iraqi battalions and a brigade headquarters staff, while a Security Detachment (SECDET) provides protection and escort to the Australian Representational Office. Made up from infantry soldiers of the Third Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, military police, troopers of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment and an Explosive Ordnance Detachment, the SECDET is located in Baghdad.
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Prime Minister John Howard, visiting Australian Defence Force personnel in Iraq on Anzac Day, walks with Commander Australian forces, Commodore Campbell Darby and Chief of Staff Colonel Stephen Salmon. The Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence, Mal Brough, is at left.

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Prime Minister John Howard signs an autograph for Warrant Officer First Class Eric Taylor during an Anzac Day Visit to troops in Iraq. The Prime Minister earlier commemorated Anzac Day in Baghdad with Australian troops at a dawn service in Iraq.

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Chief of Australia's Defence Force (CDF) General Peter Cosgrove meets Corporal Gayle Van der Hout and Sergeant Chris Cotter during an Anzac Day visit to troops in Iraq.

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Prime Minister John Howard meets Australian troops in Iraq on Anzac Day 2004. Earlier, he commemorated Anzac Day with Australian troops at a dawn service in Baghdad.

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Prime Minister John Howard commemorated Anzac Day in Baghdad with Australian troops at a dawn service in Iraq.

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