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| November 2007 |
| Private Luke Worsley honoured during return to Australia Australian soldier Private (PTE) Luke Worsley has been returned to his family in a solemn ceremony held at RAAF Base Richmond. 05 images (Date uploaded: 30 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| HMAS Armidale 1 The current HMAS Armidale will conduct a commemoration service for the 65th anniversary of the sinking of HMAS Armidale I. This service will take place over the position of the wreck of HMAS Armidale I in the Timor Sea on Saturday, 1 December. 01 images (Date uploaded: 30 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| Aussies tackle Iraq in soccer friendly The Overwatch Battle Group (West)-Three’s (OBG(W)-3 soccer team lost a thrilling match 1-2 against the might of the Iraqi Army’s 3rd Brigade team in the desert of southern Iraq recently. 06 images (Date uploaded: 29 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| Australian soldiers improve Iraq school OBG(W)-3 were invited by the Mayor of Suq Ash Shuyukh to visit the town to preside over the opening of two school refurbishment projects that were funded by Australia and the Coalition. 08 images (Date uploaded: 29 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| Black Hawks provide vital aid The Black Hawk helicopters of B Squadron 5th Aviation Regiment, led civilian helicopters out of the village of Popondetta to deliver desperately needed aid to remote villages effected by the floods that struck Oro province in Papua New Guinea (PNG) after Cyclone Guba. 09 images (Date uploaded: 29 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| VIPs visit Oro Province A group of very important people visited Oro Province to view damage and see the progress made in relief efforts after floods devastated villages when Cyclone Guba hit the northern region of Papua New Guinea (PNG). 04 images (Date uploaded: 29 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| Relief aid at Girua Airfield Girua Airfield has become a scene of heightened activity as representatives of the Australian Defence Force, the Papua New Guinea Defence Force, AusAID and the Salvation Army, stepped up the processing and distribution of aid to waiting aircraft, in the wake of floods that devastated Oro province in Papua New Guinea after Cyclone Guba. 06 images (Date uploaded: 29 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| Commander Joint Task Force 636 Group Captain Tim Innes Operation PNG Assist, is the Australian Defence Force’s (ADF) mission to provide substantial disaster relief assistance to Papua New Guinea, as they help villages destroyed by flooding in the wake of Cyclone Guba. 01 images (Date uploaded: 29 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| Entertainers perform for Defence families in Darwin Australian entertainers stopped off in Darwin recently to perform for ADF personnel and families, before departing for Timor Leste to entertain soldiers as part of the latest Forces' Advisory Council on Entertainment (FACE) tour. 09 images (Date uploaded: 29 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| Last voyage of HMAS Adelaide HMAS Adelaide has visited the City of Adelaide for the last time as part of her decommissioning cruise. 04 images (Date uploaded: 29 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| Ramp Ceremony and flag lowering for Private Luke Worsley Private Worsley, 26, a Commando serving with the Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) in Afghanistan, died in action in a battle with the Taliban on on 23 November 2007. 12 images (Date uploaded: 28 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| Talented tourists entertain troops in Timor Australian entertainers have had the experience of a lifetime performing in front of soldiers in the fledgling nation of Timor Leste. Those on tour were the McClymonts, a country music group made up of sisters Brooke, Samantha and Mollie, as well as country music singer Amber Lawrence, comedian Troy Kinne and musician Daniel Lissing. 08 images (Date uploaded: 27 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| Exercise Sea Eagle The Royal Australian Navy and Australian Regular Army are conducting Exercise Sea Eagle 07 in Whyalla, South Australia from 17-25 November 2007. The training exercise, taking place at Cultana Range Training Area, will give the ADF a chance to show off its amphibious capabilities. 07 images (Date uploaded: 27 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| C-130 detachment in Middle East The RAAF C-130H detachment of about 155 people provides intra-theatre airlift and sustainment support through the Middle East with three aircraft. The aircraft supports both Operation CATALYST in Iraq and Operation SLIPPER in Afghanistan. 04 images (Date uploaded: 27 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| Aid delivered during Operation PNG Assist Operation PNG Assist began in earnest as Royal Australian Air Force Caribou aircraft carrying Defence, AusAID, Oxfam, Care and Papua New Guinean disaster relief coordinators set out for Oro province, scene of devastating floods caused by Cyclone Guba, that claimed the lives of over 150 villagers and displaced thousands more. 12 images (Date uploaded: 26 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| Afghanistan soldiers mourn 'Andy' Australian soldiers serving in southern Afghanistan are mourning the death of Explosive Detection Dog ‘Andy’ – a two-year-old Kelpie-cross. 02 images (Date uploaded: 25 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| Image of Private Luke Worsley Private Luke Worsley, an Australian Commando serving with the Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) in Afghanistan. 01 image (Date uploaded: 23 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| Aviation Task Group deploys to Operation PNG Assist Members of Townsville's 5th Aviation Regiment prepare for deployment to Papua New Guinea, to participate in Operation PNG Assist. 04 images (Date uploaded: 23 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| Herculean effort for 'Movember' Members of 37 Squadron have sprouted, trimmed and groomed facial hair to raise money for 'Movember'. The Movember Foundation charity aims to raise money to combat prostate cancer and male depression. 06 images (Date uploaded: 23 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| Australian aid arrives in Papua New Guinea The first of two Royal Australian Air Force C-130 Hercules flights landed in Port Moresby just after dusk on 22 November, bringing humanitarian support as part of Operation PNG Assist, the Australian Defence Force’s support of the Papua New Guinean (PNG)-led disaster relief effort in Oro Province, which was struck by Cyclone Guba. 06 images (Date uploaded: 23 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| First aid leaves for Papua New Guinea The Australian Government has begun delivering substantial disaster relief assistance to Papua New Guinea, following the terrible impact of flooding in Oro (Northern) Province caused by Cyclone Guba. 06 images (Date uploaded: 22 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| Exercise Northern Challenge Air Force is once again putting its military air power into practice during Exercise Northern Challenge. Up to six F-111 aircraft from No. 6 Squadron will deploy to RAAF Base Townsville for this vital training activity, from 13 November until 01 December 2007. 13 images (Date uploaded: 22 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| 5 Aviation Regiment turns 20 and gains a guidon 5 Aviation Regiment celebrated its 20th birthday with a parade at their barracks in Townsville on November 20. 04 images (Date uploaded: 21 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| Navy assists in boat in distress The Royal Australian Navy's Landing Craft Heavy HMAS Tarakan and Armidale Class Patrol Boat HMAS Ararat assisted a 10-metre wooden boat with 16 people on board, which had arrived at an Australian offshore resource installation off the northwest coast of Australia. The passengers included six adults (three males, three females), and 10 children. 06 images (Date uploaded: 21 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| Australian soldiers bring gift of hope to Iraq family When Australian soldiers visited a family in southern Iraq, they gave them hope for a better future. 03 images (Date uploaded: 21 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| Online voting in Baghdad Signaller Tynan Garrett logs-on at Headquarters Joint Task Force 633 in Baghdad to cast his vote in the Federal Election. Defence has joined with the Australian Electoral Commssion to trial the latest electronic voting technology. 01 image (Date uploaded: 21 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| The funeral of Private Ashley Baker In a solemn service, the family and friends of Private Ashley Baker, gathered to farewell him in his hometown of Calliope in Central Queensland. 09 images (Date uploaded: 19 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| Reconstruction Task Force to assign Afghan soldiers Afghan soldiers are about to join the Australian Reconstruction Task Force (RTF) in Oruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan. They will wear the RTF badge and operate alongside the diggers during reconstruction tasks. 06 images (Date uploaded: 19 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| International Defence Cricket Challenge launch Launch of the Intenational Defence Cricket Challenge 2007 at Manuka Oval, Canberra. Teams from the Navy, Army, RAAF, ASCA Presidents XI, NZ Army, RNZAF, Adjutant General's Corp and Royal Engineers are all taking part. 07 images (Date uploaded: 16 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| Chief of Air Force tours Middle East The Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal (AIRMSHL) Geoff Shepherd, conducted a whirlwind tour of the Middle East Area of Operations in November 2007. 05 images (Date uploaded: 16 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| Army's latest fighting vehicle arrives at 1 Brigade A ceremonial handover took place at Robertson Barracks today to mark the introduction to service of the first four M113AS4 Armoured Personnel Carriers to the Army’s 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment. 06 image (Date uploaded: 16 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| Australians vote all the way from Afghanistan Australia has deployed an ADF Reconstruction Task Force (RTF), consisting of a combined arms team, to the Oruzgan Province in southern Afghanistan as part of Operation SLIPPER. 01 image (Date uploaded: 16 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| Boarding operations from HMAS Anzac The boarding party from HMAS Anzac conducted a security sweep of dhow 'Deema', a tug that regularly sails to the oil terminals. But under the supervision of US Marines, Iraqi Marines have taken more responsibility for security around the platforms. 06 images (Date uploaded: 16 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| First Australian Multi-Role Helicopters arrive in Australia The Defence Materiel Organisation’s (DMO) AIR 9000 Program has achieved another significant Program milestone with the arrival of the first two Multi-Role Helicopters (MRH) in Australia. The helicopters arrived at the Australian Aerospace facility in Brisbane inside a leased Antonov aircraft 04 images (Date uploaded: 15 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| Off with the mo' for Warrant Officer of Air Force Warrant Officer Air Force Warrant Officer Ray Woolnough with newly-promoted Leading Aircraftwoman Janelle Tyley and Flying Officer Sarah Clark, who removed his 15-year-old moustache for Movember Charity, while he visited personnel at the C-130H detachment deployed to the Middle East. 05 images (Date uploaded: 15 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| Army's latest vehicle put through its paces Project LAND 106 was endorsed by Government in the 2000 Defence White Paper to provide a major upgrade of 350 of the Army’s in-service M113A1 vehicles that provide transport and fire support for the Army’s mechanised forces. 05 images (Date uploaded: 15 November 2007) View gallery |
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| Uplifting time for bosses in Solomons Employers with Exercise Boss Lift had the opportunity to stay in the forward operating bases of their Reservist employees, getting a taste of life as a member Operation ANODE in the Solomon Islands. 07 images (Date uploaded: 15 November 2007) View gallery |
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| CDF and Secretary visit Timor Operation ASTUTE is the Australian Government's response to a request from the Government of Timor-Leste to assist in restoring peace to their country. 04 images (Date uploaded: 15 November 2007) View gallery |
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| HMAS Arunta is deploying for Operation CATALYST HMAS Arunta is deploying for Operation CATALYST, where the ship will conduct maritime operations in the Gulf, as part of Australia's ongoing commitment to the reconstruction and rehabilitation of Iraq. The departure will mark the commencement of the six month deployment. 11 images (Date uploaded: 13 November 2007) View gallery |
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| Third Reconstruction Task Force patrol Operation Spin Ghar (meaning 'White Mountain') took place in the Chora Valley 30km north of the Australian base at Tarin Kowt. 09 images (Date uploaded: 13 November 2007) View gallery |
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| Reconstruction Task Force during Operation Spin Ghar Operation Spin Ghar (meaning 'White Mountain') took place in the Chora Valley 30km north of the Australian base at Tarin Kowt. 05 images (Date uploaded: 13 November 2007) View gallery |
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| Repatriation of Private Ashley Baker Private (PTE) Ashley Baker, the young Australian soldier who died in Timor-Leste last week, was returned to Australia and met by family and colleagues at RAAF Base Amberley. 02 images (Date uploaded: 13 November 2007) View gallery |
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| Engineers fix basketball court International Stabilisation Force engineers were called to repair and restore a local Dili basketball court. The task entailed a general upgrade of the court, including repair to backing boards, repair to hoops and spraying line markings on the court. 04 images (Date uploaded: 12 November 2007) View gallery |
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| Patrol in Tetere, near Honiara At Maritime Headquarters in downtown Honiara or in remote villages, Australian Army Reserve personnel are continuing to provide security for the international participating Police Force and build trust in the communities. 05 images (Date uploaded: 12 November 2007) View gallery |
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| Australians strengthen Iraqi Army The Australian Defence Force continues to help the capability development of the Iraqi Security Forces by delivering military training programs to the Iraqi Army. 04 images (Date uploaded: 12 November 2007) View gallery |
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| Logistic support staff in Middle East Australian soldiers, sailors and airmen work together in the Force Level Logistic Asset (FLLA) to provide logistic support Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel deployed throughout the Middle East on Operations CATALYST and SLIPPER. 06 images (Date uploaded: 12 November 2007) View gallery |
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| Promotion ceremony for Major General Liz Cosson Promotion ceremony for Major General (MAJGEN) Liz Cosson, CSC. MAJGEN Cosson has been appointed Head, National Operations within the Defence Support Group. 4 images (Date uploaded: 12 November 2007) View gallery |
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| Remembrance Day in Solomon Islands Soldiers from the multi-national force supporting RAMSI gathered together for Remembrance Day to honour those who laid down their lives in war at the chapel by Guadalcanal Beach at the Combined task Force (CTF) 635 Headquarters on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. 07 images (Date uploaded: 12 November 2007) View gallery |
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| Remembrance Day in Dili Australian and New Zealand Defence Force personnel from the International Stabilisation Force in Timor Leste paused to honour the sacrifice of those who died in war at a special Remembrance Day service in the capital, Dili. 05 images (Date uploaded: 12 November 2007) View gallery |
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| Remembrance Day in Iraq All across the Middle East, Australian troops paused to pay their silent respect to those Australians who have fallen in service of their country. In Baghdad the Diggers were joined by comrades from the US, UK, Canada and Romania. 01 image (Date uploaded: 12 November 2007) View gallery |
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| Brigadier Brian Dawson A former Special Air Service Regiment officer and Commandant of the Australian Defence Force Academy, Brigadier Brian Dawson assumed command of JTF633-Iraq from Brigadier Gerard Fogarty on 10 November 2007. 01 image (Date uploaded: 12 November 2007) View gallery |
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| Solomons soldiers visit Mercy School Australian soldiers of Operation ANODE’s Combined Task Force 635, led by their Commander Lieutenant Colonel Ian Upjohn, took time out from their security work in the Solomon Islands to join the Commander of Participating Police Forces Denis McDermott, and Mr Tim George, coordinator of RAMSI, on a special visit to a local school in the Burns Creek settlement, just outside Honiara. 07 images (Date uploaded: 09 November 2007) View gallery |
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| 'Ghost-net' retrieved in Arafura Sea A ghost-net containing an estimated dozen fishing nets and weighing between 12-15 tonne has been successfully retrieved from the Arafura Sea near Maningrida in the Northern Territory through a joint operation involving Customs, the Djelk Sea Rangers and the Royal Australian Navy’s Balikpapan Class Heavy Landing Craft HMAS Tarakan. 12 images (Date uploaded: 08 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| Turtles rescued in the middle of the Arafura Sea
Saturday 22nd September was unlike any other day of ‘patrolling the line’ during Operation RESOLUTE for HS Blue crew, currently embarked in Leeuwin Class Hydrographic Survey Vessel HMAS MELVILLE. Thanks to the keen gunnery eyes of watch on deck, a fishing net was discovered abandoned in the middle of the Arafura Sea. 02 images (Date uploaded: 07 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| Globemaster reaches further faster with delivery of cargo loaders Ground support for the Air Force’s C-17A Globemaster fleet has been enhanced with the delivery of four Truck/Aircraft Loading Unloading (TALU) units to Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) bases across Australia. 04 images (Date uploaded: 07 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| Melbourne Cup day in Middle East In a corner of the Middle East, a group of Aussies celebrated a race that stopped their nation. 05 images (Date uploaded: 07 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| V8 Supercar drivers visit Middle East troops Ford V8 Supercar drivers Craig Lowndes and Jason Bright joined Holden counterparts Rick Kelly and Greg Murphy in a whirlwind tour of the Overwatch Battle Group-West Three (OBG(W)-3) in Iraq’s Dhi Qar province. 14 images (Date uploaded: 07 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| Sergeant Michael Lyddiard 02 images (Date uploaded: 03 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| Fitting farewell for Sergeant Matthew Locke Carried by gun carriage and escorted by his mates, Sergeant Matthew Locke was farewelled by his family, the Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) and dignitaries in a solemn ceremony at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth. 11 images (Date uploaded: 02 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| Cancer Awareness Day - Pink Ribbon Day Personnel were encouraged to wear Pink/Blue and White shirts to help support this worthy cause. 07 images (Date uploaded: 02 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| Next Iraq Battle Group farewelled in Brisbane Her Excellency, the Governor of Queensland, Ms Quentin Bryce AC, and the Minister for Defence, the Hon. Dr Brendon Nelson MP, have farewelled more than 500 soldiers of the Overwatch Battle Group (West)-4 (OBG(W)-4) to operations in Iraq. 11 images (Date uploaded: 02 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| HMAS Perth returns after North East Asian deployment Anzac Class frigate (FFH 157) HMAS Perth has returned to her home port of Fleet Base West after five months away on a North East Asian deployment. 07 images (Date uploaded: 02 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| Last flight for 'City of Sydney' Boeing 707 On 31 October 2007, the Royal Australian Air Force retired its Boeing 707 A20-629 'City of Sydney' after 24 years of service. 06 images (Date uploaded: 01 November 2007) View Gallery |
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| Tour de Force winds up in Middle East In 12 days, the Tour de Force group performed nine concerts at coalition bases for Australian Defence Force personnel across the Middle East. All of the entertainers donated their time to the project to give the troops a mid-deployment morale boost. The Tour De Force concerts continue an Australian tradition started before the Vietnam War. 07 images (Date uploaded: 01 November 2007) View Gallery |
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