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Medals presented for work in South SudanWarrant Officer Class Two (WO2) Natalie Lockwood at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) medal parade hosted by Special Representative to the Secretary General Ms Hilde F. Johnson in Juba, Sudan.

An Australian deployed to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan was one of the first peacekeepers presented with the mission medal at a parade in the countrys capital, Juba, last month.
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South Sudan

Operation ASLAN is the deployment of Australian Defence Force personnel to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). The Operation formally started on 23 September 2011. ADF personnel transitioned to Operation ASLAN from Operation AZURE, the ADF contribution to the former United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). More...

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