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The large expanse of damage caused by the tsunami that hit the Tongan island of Niuatoputapu is seen everywhere, as sailors and officers experience the devastation as they look all around, during Operation Samoa Assist.
(Date taken: 14 November 2009)
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The large expanse of damage caused by the tsunami that hit the Tongan island of Niuatoputapu is seen everywhere, as sailors and officers experience the devastation as they look all around, during Operation Samoa Assist.
(Date taken: 14 November 2009)
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The large expanse of damage caused by the tsunami that hit the Tongan island of Niuatoputapu is seen everywhere, as sailors and officers experience the devastation as they look all around, during Operation Samoa Assist.
(Date taken: 14 November 2009)
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Commander Peter Thompson, Commanding Officer HMAS Tobruk, shakes hands with a local volunteer at the temporary medical area on the Tongan island of Niuatoputapu during Operation Samoa Assist.
(Date taken: 14 November 2009)
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Lieutenant Commander Susan Sharp, Medical Officer HMAS Tobruk (third from left), stands with Leading Seaman Medic Stephanie Houldsworth(second from left) assisting volunteer's at the temporary medical area, on the Tongan island of Niuatoputapu after a tsunami struck the island.
(Date taken: 14 November 2009)
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Seaman Medic Zoe Chesworth finds herself at home with the local people on the Tongan island of Niuatoputapu, as she helps give medical assistance to people effected by the tsunami, whilst working on the island during Operation Samoa Assist.
(Date taken: 14 November 2009)
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Lieutenant Commander Susan Sharpe, Medical Officer HMAS Tobruk, prepares to see a patient at the temporary medical area, set up on the Tongan island of Niuatoputapu, as the Ship's Company of HMAS Tobruk continue to provide assistance whilst on Operation Samoa Assist.
(Date taken: 14 November 2009)
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Member's of a Working Party from HMAS Tobruk, walk through the town on the Tongan island of Niuatoputapu, on their way to clean up the hospital that was ruined during the tsunami.
(Date taken: 14 November 2009)
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Commander Peter Thompson, Commanding Officer HMAS Tobruk, watches as some of the local kids put on an impromptu "Welcome Dance" to welcome the Ship's Company of HMAS Tobruk to the Tongan island of Niuatoputapu.
(Date taken: 14 November 2009)
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Commander Peter Thompson, Commanding Officer HMAS Tobruk, watches as some of the local kids put on an impromptu "Welcome Dance" to welcome the Ship's Company of HMAS Tobruk to the Tongan island of Niuatoputapu.
(Date taken: 14 November 2009)
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A local boy from the Tongan island of Niuatoputapu, salute's Commander Peter Thompson, Commanding Officer HMAS Tobruk, after receiving a HMAS Tobruk ballcap for putting on a "haka" style dance during the impromptu "Welcome Dance" at a newly built school.
(Date taken: 14 November 2009)
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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 taken: 14 November 2009)
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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 taken: 14 November 2009)
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