Image Gallery 2010

25 February 2010
Outgoing Commander highlights East Timor Defence Force Development

The President of East Timor, Jose Ramos Horta, awarded 70 Timor Leste Solidarity Medals and thanked Australian soldiers as they prepare to return to Australia.

“You are being awarded the Timor Leste Solidarity Medal in appreciation and gratitude for your services in securing the peace, tranquillity and security in East Timor,” President Ramos Horta said to the assembled soldiers.

The medal ceremony was held at the Baucau Forward Operating Base in East Timor and was attended by the Commander of the International Stabilisation Force (ISF), Commodore Stuart Mayer, and representatives of the diplomatic community.

The soldiers, from 2RAR in Townsville, are at the end of their tour of duty in East Timor that has lasted up to eight months in duration for some members.

“We are eternally gratified, and you can be proud of what many of you have done since 1999,” President Ramos Horta told the troops, many of them having completed more than one deployment to East Timor.

“Some of you have been here many times. Some since 1999 and some since 2006 at the height of our unfortunate political and security crisis.

“You can see the difference between then and today.
“You have contributed to restoring peace, security and confidence to the East Timorese people, East Timorese families and the mothers and children.”

The Timor Leste Solidarity Medal is awarded to defence force members who have served at least 120 days service as part of the International Stabilisation Force in East Timor.

The ISF is comprised of personnel from the Australian and New Zealand defence forces operating at the invitation of the Government of East Timor. The ISF works in support of the United Nations to maintain stability and provide a secure environment for the ongoing development of Timor Leste.

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Private Nathania Baumanis lowers the International Stabilisation Force flag that has been flying for the duration of Commodore Stuart Mayer's command of the International Stabilisation Force in Dili, East Timor.

(Date taken: 25 February 2010)
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The Commander of the International Stablisation Force, Commodore Stuart Mayer makes his farewell speech during the hand over parade at Camp Phoenix in Dili, East Timor.

(Date taken: 25 February 2010)
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The New Commander of the International Stabilisation Force, Colonel Simon Stuart, makes a speach during the hand over parade at Camp Phoenix in Dili, East Timor.

(Date taken: 25 February 2010)
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Commodore Stuart Mayer hands over the "Warriors Sword" to the New Commander of the International Stabilisation Force, Colonel Simon Stuart during the hand over parade at Camp Phoenix in Dili, East Timor.

(Date taken: 25 February 2010)
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Commodore Stuart Mayer hands over the "Warriors Sword" to the New Commander of the International Stabilisation Force, Colonel Simon Stuart, during the hand over parade at Camp Phoenix, in Dili, East Timor.

(Date taken: 25 February 2010)
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Commodore(CDRE) Stuart Mayer and Colonel Simon Stuart on parade while Private Nathania Baumanis and Lance Corporal Phillip Manning fold the International Stablilisation Force flag that has been flying for the duration of CDRE Mayers command of the force in Dili, East Timor.

(Date taken: 25 February 2010)
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East Timor President, His excellency, Dr Jose Ramos-Horta, shakes the hand of Commodore Stuart Mayer, the Commander of the International Stabilisation Force, after the medal parade in Baucau, East Timor.

(Date taken: 09 November 2009)
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Armoured Personnel Carriers M113A1 drives through the streets of Dil,i East Timor.

(Date taken: 10 November 2009)
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M113A1 Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) conduct their final patrol in Dili, Timor Leste, as Black Hawks fly overhead.

(Date taken: 23 November 2009)
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M113A1 Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) conduct their final patrol in Dili, Timor Leste, as a Black Hawk flies overhead.

(Date taken: 23 November 2009)
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Australian Army Black Hawk S70A-9 helicopters fly past the monument to Mary on Mount Ramelau in East Timor.

(Date taken: 30 November 2009)
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Gyro 8 arrives in Dili, East Timor.

(Date taken: 02 December 2009)
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Members from the International Stabilisation Force conduct a routine patrol of the Suai districts.

(Date taken: 13 January 2010)
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Private Aaron Roberts and Private Bryce Short take a break during a routine International Stabilisation Force patrol of the Suai districts, East Timor.

(Date taken: 13 January 2010)
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Private Craig Simpson and Private Ryan Gatley make their way from the landing zone to a district of Suai during a routine International Stabilisation Force patrol of the area.

(Date taken: 13 January 2010)
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Members from the International Stabilisation Force cross a creek, during a routine patrol of the Suai district.

(Date taken: 13 January 2010)
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Members from the International Stabilisation Force conduct a routine patrol of the Suai districts.

(Date taken: 13 January 2010)
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Private Craig Simpson and Private Ryan Gatley speaks to the sub distric suco (local council) of Suai, during a routine International Stabilisation Force patrol of East Timor.

(Date taken: 13 January 2010)
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Army Black Hawk flys the International Stabilisation Force patrol teams to their districts in East Timor.

(Date taken: 13 January 2010)
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Colonel Gary Brosnan was welcomed by the Commander of the International Stabilisation Force (CISF), Commodore Stuart Mayer, with an exchange of a traditional Maori greeting of a hongi, at Kiwi Lines, Dili Timor Leste.

(Date taken: 16 January 2010)
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Chief of East Timor Defence Force, Major General Taur Matan Ruak and Commander of the International Stabilisation Force (ISF), Commodore Stuart Mayer observe the Military Skills Competition (MSC) at the F-FDTL (Timor Leste Defence Force) barracks in Metinaro, East Timor.

(Date taken: 19 January 2010)
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Commander of the International Stabilisation Force, Commodore Stuart Mayer our field during Exercise Orange Dawn in the Suai districts, East Timor.

(Date taken: 23 January 2010)
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Commander of the International Stabilisation Force, Commodore Stuart Mayer recieves a situation report about Exercise Orange Dawn, by the Australian Platoon Commander, Lieutenant Tom Dobson, in Suai, a district in East Timor.

(Date taken: 23 January 2010)
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The Commander of the International Stabilisation Force, Commodore Stuart Mayer, starts the Australia Day activities at Camp Phoenix in Dili, East Timor.

(Date taken: 26 January 2010)
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The Commander of the International Stabilisation Force, Commodore Stuart Mayer, and the winners of the Australia Day activities, New Zealand Army Captain Jeongmin Park and Australian Army Captain Luke Robinson at Camp Phoenix in Dili, East Timor.

(Date taken: 26 January 2010)
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The Commanding Officer of HMAS Albany, Lieutenant Commander Bill Triffitt, takes The Chief of the East Timor Defence Force, Major General Taur Matan Ruak, Commander of the International Stabilisation Force, Commodore Stuart Mayer, Brigadier Lere Anan Timur and invited Defence personnel, on a tour of the galley onboard an Armidale Class Patrol Boat, during their day at sea off the north coast of East Timor.

(Date taken: 03 February 2010)
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The Chief of the East Timor Defence Force, Major General Taur Matan Ruak, is fitted with a safety equipment for the Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) demonstration, by Leading Seaman Boatswains Mate Jarrard Caves, onboard HMAS Albany, off the north coast of East Timor.

(Date taken: 03 February 2010)
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The Commander of the International Stabilisation Force, Commodore Stuart Mayer, speaks to Leading Seaman Boatswains Mate, Jarrard Caves, on the bridge of HMAS Albany during a day at sea for East Timor Defence Force personnel, off the north coast of East Timor.

(Date taken: 03 February 2010)
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The Commander of the International Stabilisation Force, Commodore Stuart Mayer, speaks to the Commanding Officer, Lieutanant Commander Bill Triffitt, on the bridge of HMAS Albany during a day at sea for East Timor Defence Force personnel, off the north coast of East Timor.

(Date taken: 03 February 2010)
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The Commanding Officer of HMAS Albany, Lieutenant Commander Bill Triffitt, shows the Chief of the East Timor Defence Force, Major General Taur Matan Ruak, how to drive HMAS Albany by the starboard bridge wing controller, as they transit from Dili to Com, off the north coast of East Timor.

(Date taken: 03 February 2010)
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Australian Army Black Hawks fly over the International Stablisation Force medal parade at the Presidential Palace in Dili, East Timor.

(Date taken: 05 February 2010)
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The President of East Timor, Dr Jose Ramous-Horta, congratulates the Commander of the Interantional Stabilisation Force, Commodore Stuart Mayer, after awarding him with the Medal of Merit and the Timor Leste Solidarity Medal during the parade at the Presidential Palace, in Dili, East Timor.

(Date taken: 05 February 2010)
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Commander of the Interantional Stabilisation Force, Commodore Stuart Mayer, talks to the kids from East Timor districts.

(Date taken: 19 February 2010)
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