HMAS Tobruk returns from Operation Samoa Assist
HMAS Tobruk returns to her home port of Sydney after participating in Operation Samoa Assist, where she provided humanitarian relief to the people of Samoa and Tonga affected by the September tsunami.
(Date uploaded: 08 December - 11 images)
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Navy Commander honoured by His Majesty, The King of Tonga
Commander Peter Thompson, RAN is honoured by His Majesty, The King of Tonga, George Tupou the Fifth, by being appointed as an Officer of the Royal Military Order of Saint George, whilst HMAS Tobruk was in the capital city of the Kingdom of Tonga, Nuku 'alofa on Operation Samoa Assist.
(Date uploaded: 23 November - 06 images)
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Operation Samoa Assist HMAS Tobruks Working Party
Member's of HMAS Tobruk's "Working Party" work with local members of the Rural Development Unit, Tongan Defence Service, to transport much needed Humanitarian Aid and equipment from the Landing Craft Medium (LCM8), to the wharf, on the Tongan Island of Niuatoputapu.
(Date uploaded: 18 November - 13 images)
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HMAS Tobruk relief efforts to the Tongan Island of Niuatoputapu
Able Seaman Stores Naval Salulnelanei Gray (left) and Able Seaman Sores Naval Jonathan Magri (second from left) enjoy lunch and the hospitality of the Rural Development Unit of the Tongan Defence Service, whilst at a newly built school on the Tongan Island of Niuatoputapu.
(Date uploaded: 17 November - 10 images)
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Navy help at the Lalomanu district on Operation Samoa Assist
Member's of HMAS Tobruk's Ship's Company work together with local Samoan's carrying debris found in the water from a Light Utility Boat (LUB) up into a pile on the roadside, assisting in the clean up of Lalomanu Beach in Samoa, after a tsunami struck the beach.
(Date uploaded: 17 November - 16 images)
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Fire truck handover at Apia Fire Station in Samoa
Members of the Royal Australian Navy, members of the Samoan Parliament and senior fire service personnel attend the handover of a new fire truck given to the Samoan Fire and Emergency Services by Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigade, Australia and transported to Samoa on HMAS Tobruk.
(Date uploaded: 13 November - 07 images)
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Australian Navy Delivers Aid For Samoa Recovery
The Royal Australian Navy’s heavy landing ship HMAS Tobruk yesterday docked in Apia, the capital of Samoa, to deliver humanitarian aid coordinated by AusAID as part of the ongoing support to Samoa and Tonga following the tsunami that devastated parts of both island nations on 30 September.
(Date uploaded: 11 November - 12 images)
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HMAS TOBRUK departs Sydney
The Royal Australian Navy’s heavy landing ship HMAS Tobruk will depart Sydney today, loaded with a range of goods, equipment and relief aid destined for the two countries.
(Date uploaded: 27 October - 03 images)
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HMAS Tobruk loads Supplies, Bound for Samoa
The Royal Australian Navy’s heavy landing ship HMAS Tobruk will depart Sydney loaded with a range of goods, equipment and relief aid destined for Samoa and Tonga.
(Date uploaded: 27 October - 11 images)
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Samoa Assist RAAF Hercules delivers NZ Air Force Helicopter
An Australian Hercules has delivered a second New Zealand Iroquois helicopter to aid the victims of the Samoan tsunami.
(Date uploaded: 05 October - 07 images)
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Samoa Assist South Australian medics and AusAid
South Australian medics and AusAid joined forces this week (SAT 2 OCT local time) to tend to victims of the Samoan tsunami.
(Date uploaded: 05 October - 08 images)
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Operation Samoa Assist
Aid supplies from across the Pacific have begun to flow into Samoa after a tsunami devastated the southern region of the small island nation.
(Date uploaded: 05 October - 05 images)
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RAAF C17 aeromedical evacuation
The RAAF evacuated seven Australians from Samoa this week (30 SEP and 1 OCT local time) after a tsunami swept through beach side resorts in the island’s south.
(Date uploaded: 03 October - 07 images)
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OP SAMOA ASSIST
On September 30 an 8.3 magnitude earthquake struck 190km south west of American Samoa, hurtling tsunami waves into the Samoan coast. The RAAF responded with the rapid loading and dispatch of a No. 36 Squadron (36SQN) C-17 Globemaster packed with supplies and personnel to assist in the humanitarian relief effort.
(Date uploaded: 01 October - 18 images)
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