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08 February 2010
East Timor honours returning aussie troops

The President of East Timor, Dr Jose Ramos Horta, has presented medals and expressed his nation’s gratitude to nearly 200 Australian Defence Force Personnel who are about to return home.

In the ceremony at the Presidential Palace, President Ramos Horta praised the role Australian personnel have played in restoring and then maintaining peace in East Timor.

The assembled Navy, Army and Air Force Personnel were awarded with the Australian Service Medal and the Timor Leste Solidarity Medal.