Image Gallery 2009
18 September 2009
Ten-Year Anniversary of INTERFET
Australia’s recent defence history with East Timor commenced in 1999, when INTERFET, led by then MAJ GEN Peter Cosgrove, came to Dili with the agreement of the Indonesian Government to restore peace and provide humanitarian assistance after post-referendum violence broke out.
INTERFET included contributions from 21 other nations including the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, New Zealand, Britain, the US, and Canada.
| 5_7-2 SGT SCOTT FRASER, 5th/7th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (5/7 RAR) gets to know one of the locals at a town in the hills above Liquica, west of Dili. 5/7 RAR is a Mec hanised Battalion using Armoured Personnel Carriers and is conducting security patrols from its base in Liquica. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 65930764 The human face of East Timor; as hundreds of homeless try to find food and shelter. Chief Petty Officer Jo Jorden holds a small girl who cries for her missing mother. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| D991016-13 HMAS Jervis Bay, the Royal Australian Navy's Fast Lift Catamaran, alongside Fort Hill Wharf as the sun sets over Darwin harbour. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| IMAGE-1 HMAS Success, the Royal Australian Navy's replenishment ship, at anchor in Dili harbour supporting INTERFET operations ashore in East Timor. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| IMAGE-2 The Royal Australian Navy's heavy lift ship HMAS Tobruk approaches Dili wharf to unload her cargo of Australian army trucks and equipment in support of INTERFET operations in East Timor. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| INTERFET-1 INTERFET Badge. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| reuters3 An Australian soldier hangs a poster warning against the carrying weapons and expolosives in Dili's central market before the ceremonies marking the re-opening of the market October 12. Engineers from Australia's army and Gurkha regiments have cleared Dili's central market, which was destroyed last month by pro-Jakarta militias, in an attempt to kickstart Dilis economy. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9900101 The Scene on the streets of Dili as some of the local Timorese return two days after the Australian Forces landed. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9900209 A suspect militia member is transported to headquarters, by members of 9 Platoon C Company 3RAR, in Dili. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9900814 Tension still runs high for Australian troops on patrol as hundreds of displaced people return to their homes in Dili. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9901014 Australian soldiers during INTERFET, East Timor. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9901023 An Australian digger, with the 3rd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment ( 3 RAR ), in hot pursuit of a militia member who was spotted by locals near the soon-to-be opened market place. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9902001 A RAAF C-130 Hercules takes off as Australian Army Black Hawk helicopters bring in troops from 2 RAR for the INTERFET insertion into Balibo. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9902002 A RAAF C-130 Hercules taxis as Australian Army Black Hawk helicopters lift off on another sortie to bring in troops from 2 RAR for the INTERFET insertion into Balibo. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9902127 INTERFET soldiers of the Second Royal Australian Regiment land in Balibo as Operation Lavarack continues to work to end the country's instability. More than 700 INTERFET soldiers landed in Western Regions of East Timor. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9903504 An Army marshaler guides a Royal Navy Sea King Helicopter at Komoro airfield, Dili. The Sea Kings played a vital role in the operation by assisting in the delivery of troops, fuel and supplies to INTERFET troops around East Timor. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9905007 LCPL Ross Peters of Hobart, Tasmania, and PTE Paul Everett of WA provide outer perimeter protection for members of A Company, 3 RAR, 1 Platoon conducting a building clearance in Dili. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9905116 SGT Matt Dillion, 32 yrs, of Northam WA, a crew commander with 2 Cav, based in Darwin, leads an ASLAV patrol through the hills of west Lahane near Dili. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9905617 INTERFET Commander Major General Peter Cosgrove and WO1 Dale Sales, RSM DJFHQ look over East Timor. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9905921 Australian Army heliciopters conduct a sortie over Dili to reinforce INTERFET's presence and strength. The militia's scorched earth policy continued even after the arrival of INTERFET. The scene of devastation left in the wake of the militia onslaught extended across Dili. It took just ten days to burn the entire city and surrounding homes. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9906533 A New Zealand Armoured Personnel Carrier races to the scene of exploding asphalt drums ablaze on the outskirts of Dili. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9906816 A New Zealand Armoured Personnel Carrier secures the surrounding area near the scene of exploding asphalt drums which were set ablaze on the outskirts of Dili. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9907922 An Australian soldier, from the Townsville based 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment (3CER), looks on as a group of young Timorese boys give the soldiers working in the market place their sign of approval. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9908530 ADF Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment assess the situation at Batugade, near the Western border of East Timor, where they were unexpectedly fired upon. The situation was resolved after the Australian troops managed to speak to a senior Indonesian Army representative. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9909130 INTERFET troops investigate a group of men as they attempt to fix one of the few vehicles in Dili that has been saved from the militia burning spree. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9909523 5/7 RAR, Support Company, moves in with its Armoured Personnel Carriers (apcs) to secure the town of Liquica amid rumours that militia forces are in the area. Corporal Justin Roberts, from Mildura, takes up the rear gun position on the first patrol through town. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9909717 5/7 RAR, Support Company, moves in to secure the town of Liquica amid rumours that militia forces are in the area. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9910029 INTERFET troops take up positions on the Suai shoreline. Hundreds of troops and vehicles took part in an operation sailing onboard Royal Australian Naval vessels from Dili around the coast of East Timor to Suai, culminating in the biggest beach landing operation since the Vietnam war. After securing the area, the troops moved in to Suai to set up WESTFOR, INTERFET's southern command headquarters. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9910608 Military information personnel spread the INTERFET message on the force's arrival in Suai. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9910620 People of Suai, East Timor, welcome a New Zealand Armoured Personnel Carrier. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9911016 INTERFET Commander Major General Peter Cosgrove disembarks from a Singaporean landing craft at Dili Harbour after returning from a visit with the Captain of RSS Excellence. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9913016 INTERFET Medical Officers, (left) Captain Vicki Smith, 33 yrs, a Nursing Officer with the 3rd Brigade Administrative Support Battalion (BASB) , from Thornlie, WA, and Major Nerida Burnie (right) , 29 yrs, a Medical Officer (Doctor) also with the BASB, from Toowoomba, QLD; watch over the latest member to the INTERFET force, little " Bere-Atri Hilario" who they both helped deliver in the late hours of the 20 October 1999. Proud parents Fatima and Mossos graceously accepted an ADF food container to use as the babies cribb. Hilario was the first baby to be delivered by INTERFET personnel and was named after Father Hilario, one of the three priests killed in the Suai massacre. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9914402 INTERFET soldiers (response force) operate in the enclave. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9914410 INTERFET soldiers (response force) operate in the enclave. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9914421 An Australian Army Armoured Personnel Carrier disembarks from HMAS Balikpapan ( L-126 ) on to the beach near Suai. Hundreds of troops and vehicles took part in an operation sailing onboard Royal Australian Naval vessels from Dili around the coast of East Timor to Suai, culminating in the biggest beach landing operation since the Vietnam war. After securing the area, the troops moved in to Suai to set up WESTFOR, INTERFET's southern command headquarters. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9914613 Austrlaian medica, Sergeant Lance Johnson carries a militia victim to an international medical detachment unit in Oecussi. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9914618 Australian medic Sergeant Lance Johnson carries a militia victim to an international medical detachment unit in Oecussi. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9914728 Xanana Gusmao, the passionate leader of East Timor's fight for freedom, spoke to the people of Bobonaro, located on East Timor's western border. He promised a home for everyone wishing to return to East Timor calling for reconciliation with neighbours and justice for those who perpetrated the most serious crimes. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9916333 RAAF Flight Lieutenant Sandy Riley, 33 yrs, of Richmond NSW, attends to some of the injured lined up outside a clinic run by locals. FLT LT Riley Is the Air Medical Evacuation co-ord with 3 Brigade Headquarters, the WESTFOR command in Suai. Her hometown is Kenmore, QLD. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9916403 PTE Gary Frampton, of Kirwan, QLD, on foot patrol through the streets of Suai. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9916506 Lance Corporal (LCPL) Mick Hagenbach, 22 yrs, drives while Private (PTE) Kevin Frost, 25, mans the gun on one of Australia's two Bush Master prototypes in EastTimor. Three Bushmasters were on trial last year before the current design was accepted by the Austalian Defence Force. B1and B3 are currently deployed on Operation Stabilise in East Timor as convoy escort and VIP protection vehicles. Since their arrival the Bush Masters have mainly covered the Dili area with sortees out to Baucau and Balibo. The vehicle is designed to move Infantry troops into the field with greater manouvrability and protection than the 6 by 6 Land Rover which is currently performing this role. The armoured Bush Master can carry nine people for three days up to 1,000 kilometres on one tank of fuel. The armour plating offers protection from light infrantry weapons fire up to 7.62 mm as well as protection from land mines. Private Frost and LCPL Hagenbach have been stealing the limelight in the streets of Dili with their less-than-conventional troop carrier. The vehicles are based at Enoggera, QLD. LCPL Hagenbach is originally from Burpengary, Brisbane and Private Frost comes from Cloverdale, W.A. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9916832 East Timor's independence leader Xanana Gusmao meets with Australian Defence Minister John Moore and INTERFET Commander, Major General Peter Cosgrove in Dili. Minister Moore Arrived in Dili today to get a first hand look at the contingent which is supporting Operation Stabilise. He first met with Mr Gusmao at INTERFET headquarters in Dili before flying out to Baucau to see the the progress being made in one of the outlying villages. Mr Moore, the minister responsible for the Operation's lead nation, is expected to make comment on his trip before returning to Australia later today. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9919821 Squadron Leader John Woodwell, nurse-in-charge at INTERFET's hospital in Dili, East Timor, changes the dressings of Jose Jordao. Jose had a gunshot wound to his leg which required regular, painful, dressing changes. John, from RAAF-Base Pearce (WA) is one of 17 RAAF medicos working with INTERFET in East Timor. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9920028 INTERFET medic, Private Tammy Smithson, shelters a baby during a medevac in 'Grotu' located in the mountains of the border area of Southern East Timor. The baby suffering malaria was flown by Black Hawk to medical help in Suai. INTERFET soldiers continue to actively patrol the border areas to provide security and enable humanitarian aid to be accessed by the East Timorese. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| v9920031 An INTERFET patrol extracted from the mountainous East Timor border region transports an extra passenger to the care of the INTERFET field hospital in Dili. An INTERFET soldier shields the childs father from the wind as he cradles his young baby, suspected to be suffering from malaria. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9920530 INTERFET patrol commander, Lieutenant Simon Ohmsen, discovers the joys of mountain rains during Operation Annandale in remote mountain terrain near the West Timor border. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9921512 Internally Displaced Persons carry their luggage off the Royal Australian Navy's HMAS Balikpapan. The IDPs were transported from Dili to ANZAC Bay, near Suai, by HMAS Jervis Bay. INTERFET is working with non-government organisations and the United Nations to return displaced East Timorese to their homes. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9921636 The Royal Australian Navy's pride of fleet, the HMAS Jervis Bay, is used to transport internally displaced persons in East Timor. The IDPs were returned to Suai from Dili. The Jervis Bay is seen here off the coast of ANZAC Bay. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9923325 On the border. Commander INTERFET Major General Peter Cosgrove meets with Indonesian delegates on the East/West Timor border before the signing of the Motaain Agreement. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9923425 East meets west. INTERFET representatives were seated on the eastern side of the marquee at Motaain for the border protocol talks. Opposite, on the western side, were their Indonesian military counterparts. Neutral parties straddled both east and west. Seen representing INTERFET are (L-R) Chief of Staff Colonel Mark Kelly, Commander United States Forces Brigadier General John Castellaw, Deputy Commander INTERFET Major General Songkitty and Commander INTERFET Major General Peter Cosgrove. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9923426 The Commander of INTERFET, Major General Cosgrove signs the border protocols agreement at Motaain, East Timor. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9923429 East Timor. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9923508 Commander INTERFET Major General Cosgrove with Falintil Vice Commander Taur Matan Ruak and Lieutenant Commander Ian Parker from UNTAET. Lieutenant Commander Parker, of Lorn, near Maitland, NSW, is a United Nations Military Observer based at Batugade on the border between East Timor and West Timor. A qualified naval clearance diver with Gulf War service, Lieutenant Commander Parker has also served as an observer with the United Nations in Iraq in 1998. He first arrived in East Timor in August 1999, but was evacuated on September 14 after the militia-iniiated volence erupted in the then province. He returned in October to continue with the UN's vital work in East Timor. Among his many tasks are monitoring of the border to assist with the repatriation of refugees, and meetings with the Indonesian authorities from West Timor Lieutenant Commander Parker is normally based at HMAS Kanimbla in Sydney. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9923605 Australian Army Padre Len Eacott has been appointed the leader of INTERFET's chaplaincy team consisting of 24 members of various denominations. The Brisbane Anglican military chaplain and his team are on a mission to provide Christmas cheer to the troops of the International Force East Timor. Padre Eacott, 52 yrs, of Brisbane, is the senior chaplain at INTERFET Headquarters in Dili, East Timor. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| V9926128 INTERFET commander, Major General Peter Cosgrove escorts Australian Labour Party Leader, Kim Beasley, on a Black Hawk sortie down the coast of East and West Timor to the East Timorese enclave of Ambeno-Oecussi. (Date taken: unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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