Image Gallery 2006
12 December 2006
Letters from St Andrew's Primary School in Darwin
A contingent of Australian Defence Force personnel is working in Afghanistan as part of the Netherlands-led Provincial Reconstruction Team under the NATO International Security Assistance Force.
Australia’s contribution, known as the Reconstruction Task Force (RTF), will be a mix of engineers and security personnel deployed to Afghanistan for up to two years and will work on reconstruction and community-based projects as part of Australia’s commitment to assisting Afghanistan achieve a stable and secure future.
The majority of the task force will be drawn from the Darwin area and made up of personnel from the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment based in Darwin which will provide combat engineers and tradesmen (carpenters, plumbers, electricians and plant operators) that will undertake the majority of the RTF’s construction activities. This includes skills training for the local population to ensure the benefits of the deployment continue well after our personnel have returned home.
The Australian protective force for the RTF is provided by the Brisbane-based Motorised Infantry of the 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, 5/7 Royal Australian Regiment and the Darwin-based 2nd Cavalry Regiment. Command, logistics and support elements have come from the Darwin-based 1st Brigade.
| 20061202adf8185016_0033 Corporal Jason Lane from the Darwin-based 2nd Cavalry Regiment reads through a letter he just received from one of the students of St Andrew's Primary School in Darwin, asking about life on operations in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 27 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061202adf8185016_0037 1st Reconstruction Task Force Chaplain Captain Richard Whereat (centre) keeps the troops sprits high as he hands out letters sent by the kids of St Andrew's Primary School in Darwin to Private Adam Marsh (left) and Corporal Jason Lane (right). (Date taken: 27 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061202adf8185016_0043 1st Reconstruction Task Force Chaplain Captain Richard Whereat (centre) keeps the troops sprits high as he hands out letters sent by the kids of St Andrew's Primary School in Darwin to Private Adam Marsh (left) and Corporal Jason Lane (right). (Date taken: 27 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061202adf8185016_0046 1st Reconstruction Task Force Chaplain Captain Richard Whereat (centre right) keeps the troops sprits high as he hands out letters sent by the kids of St Andrew's Primary School in Darwin to Private Adam Marsh (centre left), Corporal Jason Lane (right) and Private Luke Andrews (left). (Date taken: 27 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061202adf8185016_0048 1st Reconstruction Task Force Chaplain Captain Richard Whereat (centre right) keeps the troops sprits high as he hands out letters sent by the kids of St Andrew's Primary School in Darwin to Private Adam Marsh (centre left), Corporal Jason Lane (right) and Private Luke Andrews (left). (Date taken: 27 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061202adf8185016_0057 Private Adam Marsh from the Brisbane-based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment reads through a letter he just received from one of the students of St Andrew's Primary School in Darwin, asking about life on operations in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 27 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061202adf8185016_0059 Private Luke Andrews from the Brisbane-based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment reads through a letter he just received from one of the students of St Andrew's Primary School in Darwin, asking about life on operations in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 27 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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