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Operation Sumatra Assist Feature

Making a difference

Our soldiers have done much to help the people of Aceh rebuild their lives after the cataclysmic Boxing Day tsunami.

In this pictorial liftout, Army features just some of the personnel whose contribution has counted.

 

Power: LCpl
Graham Warren,
1CER, checks a
power generator
is functioning
correctly at a water
purification plant. Sledge:
Spr Tristan
Caine,
1CER,
breaks up
road debris. Secure: Capt
Michelle Wynn,
19 CE Works,
assesses an area
for safety. Connected: Capt Alwyn Payne works at the Current Operations, HQ CJTF
629 in Medan. Photo by Cpl Cameron Jamieson, Army newspaper

Power: LCpl Graham Warren, 1CER, checks a power generator is functioning correctly at a water purification plant.

Sledge: Spr Tristan Caine, 1CER, breaks up road debris.

Secure: Capt Michelle Wynn, 19 CE Works, assesses an area for safety.

Connected: Capt Alwyn Payne works at the Current Operations,HQ CJTF 629 in Medan.

Photo by Cpl Cameron Jamieson, Army newspaper

Switched: Sig
James McCarthy,
of the Force
Communications
Unit, speaks with
other personnel via
a satellite communications
system
at the Anzac Field
Hospital in Banda
Aceh.
Photo by AB Phillip
Cullinan, 1JPAU Help: Medical offi cer Capt Mark Hanley examines a patient with a broken
collar bone and fractured ribs. Photo by Cpl Belinda Mepham, 1JPAU Heavy: Spr Bailey, 1CER, operates plant equipment in support reconstruction
operations in Banda Aceh. Photo by AB Phillip Cullinan, 1JPAU Fixed: Cpl Simon Ramsay, an avionics technician from A Sqn, 5 Avn Regt, checks out a Huey.
Photo by AB Phillip Cullinan, 1JPAU

Switched: Sig James McCarthy, of the Force Communications Unit, speaks with other personnel via a satellite communications system at the Anzac Field Hospital in Banda Aceh.

Help: Medical offi cer Capt Mark Hanley examines a patient with a broken collar bone and fractured ribs.

Heavy: Spr Bailey, 1CER, operates plant equipment in support reconstruction operations in Banda Aceh.

Fixed: Cpl Simon Ramsay, an avionics technician from A Sqn, 5 Avn Regt, checks out a Huey.

Photo by AB Phillip Cullinan, 1JPAU

Photo by Cpl Belinda Mepham, 1JPAU

Photo by AB Phillip Cullinan, 1JPAU

Photo by AB Phillip Cullinan, 1JPAU

Recognition: Prime Minister John Howard chats with Spr Finian Young,
1CER, while visiting Banda Aceh. Photo by AB Phillip Cullinan, 1JPAU Breathe: Capt Greg Brown, 1HSB, is deployed on Op Sumatra Assist as a nurse at the Anzac Field Hospital. Photo by AB Phillip Culliaan, 1JPAU Watching: Capt Vincent Oladele, a radiographer with 1HSB, checks an x-ray of a local patient’s thigh bone.
Photo by AB Phillip Cullinen, 1JPAU Industry: Cfn Aaron Jarman, 1CER, checks his
welding task in Banda Aceh.

Recognition: Prime Minister John Howard chats with Spr Finian Young, 1CER, while visiting Banda Aceh.

Breathe: Capt Greg Brown, 1HSB, is deployed on Op Sumatra Assist as a nurse at the Anzac Field Hospital.

Watching: Capt Vincent Oladele, a radiographer with 1HSB, checks an x-ray of a local patient’s thigh bone.

Industry: Cfn Aaron Jarman, 1CER, checks his welding task in Banda Aceh.

Photo by AB Phillip Cullinan, 1JPAU

Photo by AB Phillip Culliaan, 1JPAU

Photo by AB Phillip Cullinen, 1JPAU

Team work: Privates Nicole Millane and Amanda Robertson, 10FSB, secure
a load of equipment on to a pallet for transportation.
Photo by AB Phillip Cullinan, 1JPAU Landing: Marine specialist Pte Richard Lovell prepares to
land in Banda Aceh. Photo by AB Phillip Cullinan, 1JPAU Strength: Spr Philip Alexander, 3CER, hooks up a crane.
Photo by AB Phillip Cullinan, 1JPAU Precision: Lt-Col Peter Tralagan, 1HSB, prepares intravenous
antibiotic medication at the Anzac Field Hospital.
Photo by AB Phillip Cullinan, 1JPAU

Team work: Privates Nicole Millane and Amanda Robertson, 10FSB, secure a load of equipment on to a pallet for transportation.

Landing: Marine specialist Pte Richard Lovell prepares to land in Banda Aceh.

Strength: Spr Philip Alexander, 3CER, hooks up a crane.

Precision: Lt-Col Peter Tralagan, 1HSB, prepares intravenous antibiotic medication at the Anzac Field Hospital.

Photo by AB Phillip Cullinan, 1JPAU

Photo by AB Phillip Cullinan, 1JPAU

Photo by AB Phillip Cullinan, 1JPAU

Photo by AB Phillip Cullinan, 1JPAU

Assessing:
Cpl Jacqui
Morgan, a
1HSB clerk,
communicates
over the
radio with the
operations room
at the Anzac
Field Hospital.
Cpl Morgan
was awarded
the Australia
Day Medallion
for outstanding
service as a clerk
in the hospital’s
operations room.
Photos by Phillip
Cullinan, 1JPAU Supplying: Pte Chris Johansson, a storeman with the
1HSB, checks off inventory at the Anzac Field Hospital. Pulling together: Pte Ryan Johnston (left), 1HSB, forms part of a multinational aero-medical evacuation team called
together to transport a patient to the Anzac Field Hospital after being flown in by a German Sea King helicopter. 
Play: Capt Lachlan Fryer, a linguist attached to 1CER, plays Aussie rules with children in Banda Aceh before a game of soccer between a local team and the engineers.
Photos by AB Phil Cullinan, 1JPAU

Assessing: Cpl Jacqui Morgan, a 1HSB clerk, communicates over the radio with the operations room at the Anzac Field Hospital. Cpl Morgan was awarded the Australia Day Medallion for outstanding service as a clerk in the hospital’s operations room.

Supplying: Pte Chris Johansson, a storeman with the 1HSB, checks off inventory at the Anzac Field Hospital.

Pulling together: Pte Ryan Johnston (left), 1HSB, forms part of a multinational aero-medical evacuation team called together to transport a patient to the Anzac Field Hospital after being flown in by a German Sea King helicopter.

Play: Capt Lachlan Fryer, a linguist attached to 1CER, plays Aussie rules with children in Banda Aceh before a game of soccer between a local team and the engineers.

Photos by Phillip Cullinan, 1JPAU

Photos by AB Phil Cullinan, 1JPAU



 

 

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