Operation PADANG ASSIST
19 October 2009
Construction Of Interim Health Care Facility Starts And Outreach Clinics Begin
Australian Army Engineers arrived in Seigeringging and immediately set to work building an interim health care facility for the local population. The facility will provide the town with on-going health care until the town’s previous health care centre, which was destroyed in the earthquake on September 30th, can be rebuilt.
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.
| 20091018adf8208022_072 Sapper Alex McPhedran works on the string line posts at the site of an interim medical faciity being built in Seigeringging. (Date taken: 18 October 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20091018adf8208022_078 An Indonesian soldier assists Sapper Alex McPhedran as he works on the string line posts at the site of an interim medical facility being built in Sungai Geringging. (Date taken: 18 October 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20091018adf8208022_094 Major Susan Lumsdaine, a doctor with the 1st Health Support Battalion, assesses a young boy at an outreach clinic on the outskirts of Seigeringging. (Date taken: 18 October 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20091018adf8208022_116 Medic, Private Kristien Cook, assesses a young boy at an outreach clinic on the outskirts of Seigeringging. (Date taken: 18 October 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20091018adf8208022_124 Medic, Private Kristien Cook, assesses a young boy at an outreach clinic on the outskirts of Seigeringging. (Date taken: 18 October 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20091018adf8208022_137 (L-R) AusAID's Patricia Bachtair and Miriam Smith look over the site of an interim medical facility built by Australian Army Engineers with assisance from AusAID. (Date taken: 18 October 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20091018adf8208022_140 (L-R) Lance Corporal Josh McLaren talks with AusAID's Miriam Smith and Patricia Bachtair at the site of an interim medical facility being built by Australian Army Engineers with assistance from AusAID. (Date taken: 18 October 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20091018adf8208022_150 Sapper Brenton Neill starts work on the construction of an interim health care facility in Seigeringging. (Date taken: 18 October 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20091018adf8208022_156 Local children watch an engineer begin construction of an interim health carel facility in Seigeringging. (Date taken: 18 October 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20091018adf8208022_161 Local children watch as engineers begin construction of an interim health care facility in Seigeringging. (Date taken: 18 October 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20091018adf8208022_220 Locals pose for a photo as a Military Camera Team from the 1st Joint Public Affairs Unit conducts an interview at the site of an interim health care facility being constructed in Seigeringging. (Date taken: 18 October 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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