Image Gallery 2009
26 June 2009
Forces Entertainment Tour
A Forces Entertainment tour visited Australian Soldiers deployed to Solomon Islands as part of Operation ANODE in June 2009.
Australian entertainers have maintained a long-established show business tradition of performing for deployed Australian Troops that predates the Vietnam War. These performances are a major factor in maintaining the morale of personnel who are far from home and who accept considerable hardship and danger in the service of our nation.
Operation ANODE is the name of the ADF contribution to the Australian-led Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI). RAMSI's assistance is known as Operation HELPEM FREN (Pidgin English for 'Helping Friend'). RAMSI's mission is to assist the Solomon Islands Government in restoring law and order, economic governance, and improving the machinery of government.
Rotation 18 of Operation ANODE is mainly drawn from 4 Brigade in Victoria. They arrived in Solomon Islands in March 2009 shortly after assisting in Operation Vic Fires Assist.
The military component of RAMSI is comprised of personnel from four troop-contributing nations - Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Tonga. The main task for the military component is to provide security for RAMSI's multinational Participating Police Force (PPF) who work alongside the Royal Solomon Islands Police in maintaining law and order.
| 20090623adf8208022_003 Singer/Songwriter Chantelle Delaney (left) and Urban Songstress Tiaan Williams test out the seating in 6x6 troop carrier during their Forces Entertainment Tour of Solomon Islands. (Date taken: 23 June 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090623adf8208022_069 Urban Songstress Tiaan Williams talks to troops at Forward Operating Base Maritime during her Forces Entertainment Tour to Solomon Islands. (Date taken: 23 June 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090623adf8208022_134 Captain David Wonson talks to a visiting Forces Entertainment Tour about the history of the American Gaudalcanal Memorial. (Date taken: 23 June 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090623adf8208022_143 Captain David Wonson talks to a visiting Forces Entertainment Tour about the history of the American Gaudalcanal Memorial. (Date taken: 23 June 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090623adf8208022_188 Comedian Clint Paddison performs to a crowd of Australian Reserve soldiers and local children at Forward Operating Base Maritime in Honiara, Solomon Islands. (Date taken: 23 June 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090623adf8208022_193 Comedian Clint Paddison performs to a crowd of Australian Reserve soldiers at Forward Operating Base Maritime in Honiara, Solomon Islands. (Date taken: 23 June 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090623adf8208022_209 Comedian Clint Paddison performs to a crowd of Australian Reserve soldiers at Forward Operating Base Maritime in Honiara, Solomon Islands. (Date taken: 23 June 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090623adf8208022_223 Singer/Songwriter Chantelle Delaney performs a cover song to Reserve soldiers at Forward Operating Base Maritime in Honiara. (Date taken: 23 June 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090623adf8208022_246 Doug Williams (left) and his band The Mix perform for Reserve soldiers deployed to Forward Operating Base Maritime, Solomon Islands. (Date taken: 23 June 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090623adf8208022_253 Tiaan Williams performs with her father's band, The Mix, during a concert at Forward Operating Base Maritime, Solomon Islands. (Date taken: 23 June 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090623adf8208022_255 Doug Williams and his band, The Mix, perform for Reserve soldiers deployed to Forward Operating Base Maritime, Solomon Islands. (Date taken: 23 June 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090623adf8208022_256 Tiaan Williams performs with her father's band, The Mix, during a concert at Forward Operating Base Maritime, Solomon Islands. (Date taken: 23 June 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090623adf8208022_264 Tiaan Williams performs with her father's band, The Mix, during a concert at Forward Operating Base Maritime, Solomon Islands. (Date taken: 23 June 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090623adf8208022_270 Doug Williams and his band, The Mix, perform for Reserve soldiers deployed to Forward Operating Base Maritime, Solomon Islands. (Date taken: 23 June 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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