Image Gallery 2010

17 November 2010
Lospalos Liaison

The International Security Force is maintaining its presence across East Timor through its regional Patrol program

These patrols keep the public informed of ISF’s evolving role and allow the soldiers to monitor the improving security situation in East Timor.

During a recent patrol to Lospalos, located in the eastern tip of East Timor, the soldiers of 3 Platoon, Anzac Infantry Company, made their patrol base in the ruins of a basketball arena.

“ISF matters to the people because they can see we are helping the Government do its job of building a better East Timor,” says 3 Platoon Commander Lieutenant Simon Swindells.

“When we patrol in regional areas we demonstrate that ISF is here for the good of all, not just those living in Dili.

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Corporal David Barri, a Section Commander with ANZAC Company, checks in with his section whilst on patrol through the streets of Lospalos in eastern East Timor.

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Royal Australian Air Force Chaplain Squadron Leader Craig Collas and Australian Army rifleman Private Ben Doxanakis chat to two local boys as they walk though the streets of Lospalos in eastern East Timor.

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Warrant Officer Class 2 Jason Smith wows the local kids in a village near Lospalos with his massive guns (arms) during a regional patrol through the east of East Timor.

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Corporal Vinnie Walker stands with an umbrella inside the rain-soaked ruins of an abandoned basketball court in East Timor.

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Private Michael Pizzolato and Corporal Vinnie Walker stand under an umbrella inside the rain-soaked ruins of a basketball court in East Timor.

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Lance Corporal Tom Ellis from Rockhampton in Queensland shows some of the children in the village of Tutuala on the eastern tip of East Timor how to spin a ball on their finger.

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Royal Australian Air Force Chaplain Squadron Leader Craig Collas and Lance Corporal Tom Ellis talk with local women during a patrol of Tutuala in East Timor.

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Warrant Officer Class 2 Jason Smith does his best to fix a broken thong for one of the children in the village of Tutuala located on the eastern tip of East Timor.

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Private Marc Boye plays soccer with children in the village of Tutuala. The ball was a gift from the visiting soldiers.

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Children wave to Australian soldiers as they drive by on their patrol through the eastern region of East Timor.

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Members of ANZAC Company relax at the end of the day in an abandoned basket ball court near the town of Lospalos.
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Lieutenant Simon Swindells talks with UN-policeman Captain Yang Chun Guang (China) in the East Timorese village of Tutuala.

(Date taken: 12 November 2010)
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