Image Gallery: October 2009
09 October 2009
HMAS Ballarat Returns Home
HMAS Ballarat returns to Fleet Base East, after completing Northern Trident 09, a six month international deployment to promote Australian defence and trade interests to the world.
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HMAS Ballarat returns to Fleet Base East, after completing Northern Trident 09, a six month international deployment to promote Australian defence and trade interests to the world.
(Date taken: 09 October 2009)
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After six months away from home for Northern Trident 09, Able Seaman Marine Technician Laughlin Hanley stepped ashore from HMAS Ballarat, took to one knee and proposed to his girlfriend, Beth Richards, before friends, family. Of course the answer was Yes.
(Date taken: 09 October 2009)
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After six months sailing the world for Northern Trident 2009, Leading Seaman Steward Steven Merritt of HMAS Ballarat returned home to Sydney, where he met his goddaughter Sophie Spencer for the first time. In a close miss for Steven, Sophie was born on the day HMAS BALLARAT sailed from Sydney.
(Date taken: 09 October 2009)
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