Image Gallery 2009
10 June 2009
Relay for Life
Cancer Council’s Relay For Life is an opportunity for the Australian Defence Force to get together with the community and celebrate cancer survivors, remember loved ones lost to cancer, and fight back against a disease that takes too much.
Australian Defence Force personnel deployed to the Middle East for Operation Slipper are used to fighting against a variety of threats, and have put down their weapons and put on their runners to participate in the annual event to raise funds for the fight against cancer.
Relay For Life is a unique event where teams of 10 to 15 friends, families or colleagues challenge themselves to take turns to keep a baton moving in a relay style walk or run overnight.
Operation SLIPPER is Australia's military contribution to coalition efforts against international terrorism. Under this operation our forces contribute to the efforts of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) - led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, aimed at preventing Afghanistan again becoming a safe haven for international terrorists, and the United States-led International Coalition Against Terrorism (ICAT) efforts in the broader Middle East.
| 20090531adf8083167_002 Task Group 633.2 Physical Training Instructor, Corporal Kurt Sayed, conducts a video call with counterparts in the Hawkesbury region in NSW, during the Relay for Life. Corporal Sayed was responsible for the running of the event over the 24 hours. (Date taken: 31 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090531adf8083167_006 Representatives from the four units taking part in the Relay for Life at a base in the Middle East, kick off the 24 hour event early in the morning. (Date taken: 31 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090531adf8083167_053 Lieutenant Andrew Silver, a Public Relations Officer (PREL) from Melbourne in Victoria, keeps fit whilst on deployment in the Middle East. (Date taken: 31 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090531adf8083167_057 Colonel Lindsay Morton, Deputy Chief of Staff at Headquarters Joint Task Force 633, talks via an internet video call to Defence personnel in the Hawkesbury region of NSW , taking part in the Relay for Life to raise money for cancer. (Date taken: 31 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090531adf8083167_059 Australian Defence Force personnel serving in the Middle East take part in the Relay for Life to raise money for the fight against cancer. (Date taken: 31 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090531adf8083167_064 Flight Lieutenant Clarke from the Force Communications Unit currently deployed in the Middle East, prepares to take over on a treadmill during the final stages of the Relay for Life. (Date taken: 31 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090531adf8083167_068 In a gymnasium at an Australian military base in the Middle East, supporters look on during the final stages of the Relay for Life. (Date taken: 31 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090531adf8083167_075 Australian Defence Force personnel deployed to the Middle East, near the end of 24 hours of walking and running during the Relay for Life, raising money for the fight against cancer. (Date taken: 31 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090531adf8083167_077 Australian Defence Force personnel deployed to the Middle East, reach the end of the 24hr Relay for Life event to raise money for the fight against cancer. (Date taken: 31 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090531adf8083167_080 Corporal Kurt Sayed, Physical Training Instructor for Task Group 633.2 in the Middle East, accepts the money raised by the Headquarters Joint Task Force 633 for the Relay for Life, from Colonel Lindsay Morton, Deputy Chief of Staff for the Headquarters. (Date taken: 31 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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