Image Gallery 2010

30 April 2010
Baucau Patrol

ADF troops continue to garner positive response from locals in Baucau, a city previously notorious for crime and unrest. Platoons from 8/9 RAR’s Alpha Company are rotating in and out of the city to conduct routine patrols, engage with the community, develop infrastructure, and offer medical and spiritual care. The Aussie troops patrol daily to high population villages, markets and sporting facilities to interact with the locals and sustain stability in the area.

The ADF contributes over four hundred troops to the International Stabilisation Force on Operation ASTUTE. The members of Joint Task Force 631 operate at the invitation of the Government of East Timor to maintain stability and provide a secure environment for the ongoing development of the country.

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8/9 Royal Australian Regiment troops patrol the streets of Baucau while on deployment to East Timor.

(Date taken: 21 April 2010)
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Local residents from Baucau go about their day to day activities while soldiers from Joint Task Force 631 patrol the streets.

(Date taken: 21 April 2010)
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Local children follow Joint Task Force 631 soldiers through the streets of Baucau.

(Date taken: 21 April 2010)
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Local children follow Joint Task Force 631 soldiers through the streets of Baucau.

(Date taken: 21 April 2010)
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Private Brad Sutherland of 8/9 Royal Australia Regiment watches over the local kids as they follow the the patrol through the streets of Baucau.

(Date taken: 21 April 2010)
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A boy from Baucau throws his hands in the air, happy to be walking the streets with the troops from Joint Task Force 631.

(Date taken: 22 April 2010)
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Lance Corporal Russell Christian, a Section Commander with 8/9 Royal Australian Regiment hangs out with local children at the local school.

(Date taken: 22 April 2010)
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Corporal Scott Smedley holds one of the local school children up to take a shot during a game of basket ball.

(Date taken: 22 April 2010)
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8/9 Royal Australian Regiment Padre, Captain Martin Johnson, talks to children from Baucau about ANZAC Day and it's significance to Australians.

(Date taken: 22 April 2010)
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Corporal Wayne Doolan, a medic with 8/9 Royal Australian Regiment, shakes a bottle of medicine to give to one of the local children.

(Date taken: 22 April 2010)
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Corporal Wayne Doolan a medic with 8/9 Royal Australian Regiment, shows a young girl at the local child care how to "Say Arrrr".

(Date taken: 22 April 2010)
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Part of Corporal Wayne Doolan's duties as a medic in East Timor is to provide medical assistance to local people.

(Date taken: 22 April 2010)
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Corporal Wayne Doolan Gives a Young child from a local Baucau crache a dose of medicine to help with an illness.

(Date taken: 22 April 2010)
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