Image Gallery 2009
06 August 2009
Tour de Force 16 ROCKS the Troops
Australian Defence Force members serving with the International Stabilisation Force in East Timor were treated to an entertainment feast this week when the 16th Tour de Force visited.
Entertainers visiting troops on deployment overseas pre-dates the Vietnam War and provides a welcome break from regular tasking for soldiers.
The most-recent Tour de Force has seen Ian ‘Dicko’ Dickson (from Australian Idol and Vega FM), join forces with Ian Moss and band, Australian Idol contestant, Mark Spano and comedians Lawrence Mooney and Jeff Green.
With a crowd warm-up by ‘Dicko’, both comedians followed with their own special humour. The laconic Aussie humour of Lawrence Mooney was well balanced by Englishman Jeff Green.
Mark Spano showed what took him into the finals of Australian Idol.
Ian Moss showed the mostly-young crowds that he still has what it takes to pump out some classic rock.
The entertainers have had some time to get a feel for life in the military for soldiers on deployment in East Timor and have all had the opportunity to chat with soldiers in both Dili and Bases in regional areas.
| 20090730adf8144078_009 Tour de Force 16 entertainer, comedian Lawrence Mooney, shares a joke with soldiers serving with the International Stabilisation Force in East Timor. (Date taken: 30 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090730adf8144078_013 Tour de Force 16 entertainer, comedian Lawrence Mooney, shares a joke with soldiers serving with the International Stabilisation Force in East Timor. (Date taken: 30 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090730adf8144078_015 Tour de Force 16 entertainer, comedian Jeff Green, shares a joke with soldiers serving with the International Stabilisation Force in East Timor. (Date taken: 30 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090730adf8144078_024 Tour de Force 16 entertainer, comedian Jeff Green, shares a joke with soldiers serving with the International Stabilisation Force in East Timor. (Date taken: 30 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090730adf8144078_028 Tour de Force 16 entertainer, comedian Jeff Green, shares a joke with soldiers serving with the International Stabilisation Force in East Timor. (Date taken: 30 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090730adf8144078_038 Australian Idol contestant Mark Spano rocks the crowd during a Tour de Force 16 concert in Dili, East Timor. (Date taken: 30 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090730adf8144078_052 Australian Idol contestant Mark Spano rocks the crowd during a Tour de Force 16 concert in Dili, East Timor. (Date taken: 30 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090730adf8144078_084 Rock legend Ian Moss, drummer Peter Jones and Navy Band member Leading Seaman Grant Metcalfe rocks another Tour de Force 16 concert for International Stabilisation Force soldiers on deployment in East Timor. (Date taken: 30 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090730adf8144078_085 Rock legend Ian Moss, drummer Peter Jones and Navy Band member Leading Seaman Grant Metcalfe rocks another Tour de Force 16 concert for International Stabilisation Force soldiers on deployment in East Timor. (Date taken: 30 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090730adf8144078_101 Music legend Ian Moss proves he still has what it takes as he rock another Tour de Force 16 concert for International Stabilisation Force soldiers on deployment in East Timor. (Date taken: 30 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090730adf8144078_183 Music legend Ian Moss proves he still has what it takes as he rock another Tour de Force 16 concert for International Stabilisation Force soldiers on deployment in East Timor. (Date taken: 30 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090730adf8144078_191 Rock legend Ian Moss receives a traditional Tais from Commander of the International Stabilisation Force, Brigadier Bill Sowry, at the end of the final Tour de Force 16 soldiers' concert in East Timor. (Date taken: 30 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090730adf8144078_210 Comedian Lawrence Mooney receives a traditional Tais from Commander of the International Stabilisation Force, Brigadier Bill Sowry, at the end of the final Tour de Force 16 soldiers' concert in East Timor. (Date taken: 30 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090730adf8144078_213 Ian 'Dicko' Dickson receives a traditional Tais from Commander of the International Stabilisation Force, Brigadier Bill Sowry, at the end of the final Tour de Force 16 soldiers' concert in East Timor. (Date taken: 30 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090730adf8144078_218 Tour de Force 16 entertainers on stage at the end of their final concert for solders deployed with the International Stabilisation Force in East Timor. (L-R) Grant Barron, Micheal Wilkinson, Jeff Green, Ian 'Dicko' Dickson, Lawrence Mooney, Mark Spano, Ian Moss and Peter Jones. (Date taken: 30 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090730adf8144078_223 Australian Idol Judge and Vega FM personality Ian 'Dicko' Dickson gives the thumbs up to the Commander of the International Stabilisation Force, Brigadier Bill Sowry, at the end of the final Tour de Force 16 concert in East Timor. (Date taken: 30 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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