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27 July 2006
 Australian servicemen and women help evacuees

Members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) deployed to Beirut and Cyprus from Sydney International Airport today. The 65 members of the ADF are being deployed to support the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in the evacuation of Australian nations from Lebanon. The ADF group includes specialist staff to conduct liaison and evacuee processing support.

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Australian servicemen and women help evacuees locate their luggage and board the correct bus, after being processed through immigration.

(Date taken: 25 July 2006)
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All hands on deck!

In Cyprus, Lieutenant Mick Scrase takes a well earned drink break after unloading pallets of luggage ready for the evacuees to collect.

(Date taken: 25 July 2006)
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Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel run the process point for Australian Nationals on their arrival into Cyprus.

(Date taken: 25 July 2006)
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LACW Vanessa Potter checks off incoming Australian Nationals from Beirut.

Evacuees from Lebanon have their passports checked on arrival at the evacuation centre at Larnaka Port. Australian citizens who wish to leave Lebanon are being evacuated by sea, to Larnaka in Cyprus and Mersin in Turkey

(Date taken: 25 July 2006)
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Corporal Murphy and a member of the Department of Immigration check the visa of an evacuee from Lebanon.

(Date taken: 25 July 2006)
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LACW Vanessa Potter checks off incoming Australian Nationals from Beirut.

(Date taken: 25 July 2006)
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Medical staff are on hand at the Evacuation Handling Centre at Larnaka Port to deal with everything from minor/major injuries to headaches. Here the team, made up of a medic, Dr and Nurse, assess a teenager with possible shrapnel damage to his eye.

(Date taken: 25 July 2006)
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LAC Clint Davey checks off incoming Australian Nationals from Beirut.

(Date taken: 25 July 2006)
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Flight Lieutenant Barry Cunningham and Flight Sergeant Pete Gwyther with a member of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT).

(Date taken: 25 July 2006)
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