Image Gallery 2009
29 July 2009
Australian Music Legend Ian Moss
AUSTRALIAN Music Legend Ian Moss has caught the last plane out of Sydney to rock the troops of Timor Leste Battle Group 6 (TLBG6). Mossie joined Australian Idol judge Ian “Dicko” Dickson, Idol contestant Mark Spano, and comedians Lawrence Mooney and Jeff Green, on a week long visit to East Timor to entertain the men and women of Operation ASTUTE in July 2009 as part of a Forces Entertainment Tour.
Australian entertainers have maintained a long-established show business tradition of performing for deployed Australian Troops that predates the Vietnam War. These performances play a part 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 ASTUTE is the ADF’s contribution in assisting to maintain peace and stability to East Timor, following a request from the Government of East Timor to the Australian Government.
The ADF deployed to East Timor to assist the East Timorese Government and the United Nations bring stability, security and confidence to the Timorese people. TLBG 6 is comprised mainly of soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR).
| 20090727adf8144078_372 Tour de Force 16 celebrities and crew get together in East Timor to provide live entertainment for the troops of the International Stabilisation Force. (L-R standing) Ian Moss, Micheal Wilkinson, Andrew Taylor, Peter Jones, Jonathan Zion, Lawrence Mooney, Grant Barron, Ian 'Dicko' Dickson and Brad Hulme. |
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| 20090727adf8144078_397 When the war is over?: Ian Moss in Combat Body Armour after arriving in East Timor for the International Stabilisation Force, Tour de Force concerts. (Date taken: 27 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090727adf8144078_392 Build me up to tear me down: Ian Moss is kitted out with some Combat Body Armour after arriving in East Timor for the International Stabilisation Force, Tour de Force 16. (Date taken: 27 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090727adf8144078_379 Ian 'Dicko' Dickson, after being run through some regimental tasks while on Tour de Force, is promoted to the most important rank in the Australian Army, Private, by the Commander of the International Stabilisation Force, Brigadier Bill Sowry. (Date taken: 27 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090727adf8144078_381 Heavy Metal: Ian Moss is kitted out with some Combat Body Armour after arriving in East Timor for the Tour de Force 16 tour. (Date taken: 27 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090727adf8144078_382 Ready for his next audition: Australian Idol star Mark Spano tries on his Combat Body Armour after arriving in East Timor for the International Stabilisation Force, Tour de Force 16. (Date taken: 27 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090727adf8144078_388 Tour de Force members Andrew Taylor, Lawrence Mooney, Jeff Green and Peter Jones in their Combat Body Armour after arriving in East Timor for the International Stabilisation Force Tour de Force 16. (Date taken: 27 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090727adf8144078_396 (L-R) Kitted out in Combat Body Armour is Peter Jones, Private Tevita Daunibau, and Mark Spano in East Timor for the Tour de Force 16 concerts. (Date taken: 27 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090727adf8144078_405 Tour de Force members are kitted out with Combat Body Armour after arriving in East Timor for a series of concerts for the soldiers of the International Stabilisation Force. (Date taken: 27 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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