Operation PADANG ASSIST
07 October 2009
ADF medical facility established in Sungai Geringging village
An ADF medical facility has been established in Sungai Geringging village, 75 kilometres northwest of Padang, on request of the Indonesian authorities, to provide health support in the outlying region. The facility can provide general and emergency health care and environmental health support from a team consisting of doctors, nurses and environmental health officers from the 1st Health Support Battalion.
Operation Padang Assist commenced on 02 Oct 09 after the Indonesian Government accepted an offer of emergency assistance from Australia following two large earthquakes near the Indonesian Island of Sumatra. The ADF Joint Task Force 629 (JTF629) was established, and is working closely with Indonesian authorities, the Department of Foreign Affairs, AusAID and other agencies, to ensure the emergency relief support is delivered to where it is needed most.
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Regimental Sergeant Major of the 1st Health Support Battalion, Warrant Officer Class One Tracey Connors, assists with the construction of a deployable Primary Health Care Facility.
(Date taken: 06 October 2009)
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Three young Indonesian girls watch on as Australian Defence Force personnel construct a deployable Primary Health Care Facility in their village.
(Date taken: 06 October 2009)
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Australian Defence Force medical staff pull the roof onto a deployable Primary Health Care Facility in Sungai Geringging village on the outskirts of Padang.
(Date taken: 06 October 2009)
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Commanding Officer of the 1st Health Support Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Lachlan Sinclair, assisted by linguist, Lieutenant Elly Poyntz, talks to locals at the site of an Australian Defence Force deployable Primary Health Care Facility.
(Date taken: 06 October 2009)
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Australian Army Linguist, Lieutenant Elly Poyntz, talks with locals at the site of an Australian Defence Force deployable Primary Health Care Facility.
(Date taken: 06 October 2009)
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Commanding Officer of the 1st Health Support Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Lachlan Sinclair, talks to Indonesian Army medics working with the Australian Defence Force (ADF) at the ADF deployable Primary Health Care Facility at Sungai Geringging village on the outskirts of Padang.
(Date taken: 06 October 2009)
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Commanding Officer of the 1st Health Support Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Lachlan Sinclair, talks to Indonesian Army medics working with the Australian Defence Force (ADF) at the ADF deployable Primary Health Care Facility at Sungai Geringging village on the outskirts of Padang.
(Date taken: 06 October 2009)
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Australian Defence Force personnel construct a deployable Primary Health Care Facility in Geringging village on the outskirts of Padang.
(Date taken: 06 October 2009)
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Local Indonesian children watch as Australian Defence Force medical staff construct a deployable Primary Health Care Facility in the village of Sungai Gerringging on the outskirts of Padang.
(Date taken: 06 October 2009)
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A young Indonesian boy watches curiously as a deployable Primary Health Care Facility is constructed in his village.
(Date taken: 06 October 2009)
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Commanding Officer of the 1st Health Support Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Lachlan Sinclair, assisted by linguist, Lieutenant Elly Poyntz, talks to locals at the site of an Australian Defence Force deployable Primary Health Care Facility.
(Date taken: 06 October 2009)
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An Indonesian soldier watches the contruction of an Australian Defence Force deployable Primary Health Care Facility.
(Date taken: 06 October 2009)
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An Indonesian Soldier watches on as an Australian Defence Force deployable Primary Health Care Facility is constructed.
(Date taken: 06 October 2009)
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Australian Army Linguist, Lieutenant Elly Poyntz, talks with locals at the site of an Australian Defence Force deployable Primary Health Care Facility.
(Date taken: 06 October 2009)
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A local Indonesian resident assists Australian Defence Force personnel construct a deployable Primary Health Care Facility in Sungai Geringging village on the outskirts of Padang.
(Date taken: 06 October 2009)
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Locals watch construction of an Australian Defence Force deployable Primary Health Care Facility in the village of Sungai Gerringging on the outskirts of Padang.
(Date taken: 06 October 2009)
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Commanding Officer of the 1st Health Support Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Lachlan Sinclair, talks to Indonesian Army medics working with the Australian Defence Force (ADF) at the ADF deployable Primary Health Care Facility at Sungai Geringging village on the outskirts of Padang.
(Date taken: 06 October 2009)
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