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HMAS
Kanimbla returns to Sydney from humanitarian operations in Banda
Aceh and Nias
HMAS
Kanimbla returns to Sydney from humanitarian operations in Banda
Aceh and Nias. Mrs Tricia Graham welcomes home her daughter,
Major Sue Graham.
(Date uploaded: 30 April 2005 - 21 images)
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Welcome
home ceremony for RAAF personnel returned from Op Sumatra Assist
Air
crew from 36 and 37 Squadrons were part of 14 crews moving nearly
800 tonnes of humanitarian aid and 4000 passengers during Operation
Sumatra Assist.
(Date uploaded: 27 April 2005 - 16 images)
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Kanimbla
restores water supply of earthquake-damaged town
Captain
Linda Rae from the Australian Army 2 Health Support Battalion
enjoys meeting children in the earthquake-damaged town of Lahewa,
on Nias island. Captain Rae and her colleagues from medical
units based on HMAS Kanimbla are running daily clinics ashore
for earthquake victims.
(Date uploaded: 11 April 2005 - 06 images)
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Minister
for Defence visits HMAS Kanimbla and the Indonesian island of
Nias
The
Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Chris Ritchie, Minister for Defence
Robert Hill, Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Angus Houston, and
Shadow Minister for Defence and Homeland Security, Robert McClelland,
receive a brief on the medical situation ashore in the town
of Lahewa, on Nias.
(Date uploaded: 10 April 2005 - 20 images)
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HMAS
Kanimbla continues on station off the island of Nias
A
Nias islander injured in the 29 March Sumatra earthquake receives
treatment in the Primary Casualty Resuscitation Facility (PCRF)
on board HMAS Kanimbla.
(Date uploaded: 10 April 2005 - 14 images)
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Memorial
service at HMAS Albatross
Memorial
Service for HMAS KANIMBLA Flight (Shark 02), Tom Smith Oval,
HMAS ALBATROSS. Chaplain Alan Asplin.
(Date uploaded: 08 April 2005 - 17 images)
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RAAF
Base Richmond hold memorial service
Chaplains
from Royal Australian Air Force Base Richmond hold a memorial
service on 7 April for those killed in a Sea King helicopter
crash in Indonesia.
(Date uploaded: 08 April 2005 - 7 images)
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HMAS
Kanimbla provides humanitarian relief
Members
of the Aero Medical Evacuation Team from HMAS Kanimbla, deployed
to support Indonesian Government-led relief operations under
Operation Sumatra Assist Phase II, provide medical treatment
for residents of the town of Lahewa on the earthquake-affected
island of Nias.
(Date uploaded: 08 April 2005 - 6 images)
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HMAS
Kanimbla hold memorial service
The
Captain of HMAS Kanimbla, Commander George McGuire, speaks at
the shipboard memorial service held on Kanimbla on 5 April.
(Date uploaded: 07 April 2005 - 1 image)
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Members
of HMAS Kanimbla assist in the offloading of aid supplies
Members
of HMAS Kanimbla ships company and embarked forces assist Indonesian
military and civilian relief workers in the offloading of humanitarian
aid supplies to the township of Lahewa on the northern coast
of the earthquake-affected Indonesian island of Nias
(Date uploaded: 07 April 2005 - 6 images)
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Memorial
service held on HMAS Anzac
A
Sunday memorial service on the flight deck of HMAS ANZAC while
in the Mediterranean Sea was held in memory of the nine personnel
who died in the Navy Sea King helicopter crash on the island
of Nias.
(Date uploaded: 06 April 2005 - 1 image)
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Arrival
of the Sea King crash victims
A
ceremony which was held on the 5 April 2005 at Sydney Airport
for the repatriation of nine Defence members killed in a helicopter
accident on the island of Nias, Indonesia. Families of the deceased
were joined by the Governor General, Major General Michael Jeffery,
the President of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, The Prime
Minister, John Howard, Chief of Defence Force, General Peter
Cosgrove and the Chiefs of the Army, Navy and the Air Force.
(Date uploaded: 06 April 2005 - 16 images)
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Military
ceremony in Indonesia for ADF helicopter crash victims
A
ceremonial memorial was held at Sibolga airport, West Sumatra,
on 4 April 2005 with the Indonesian National Defence Force providing
a full military detail to honour the lives lost in the Australian
helicopter crash in Nias. An Australian C-130J Hercules received
the bodies of the Defence Force personnel to be flown back to
Australia.
(Date uploaded: 05 April 2005 - 4 images)
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Military
ceremony in Indonesia for ADF helicopter crash victims
An
Indonesian honour guard presents arms as Australian and Indonesian
National Defence Force pallbearers carry the coffins of RAN
and RAAF members killed in the 2 April 2005 crash of a Sea King
helicopter engaged in earthquake relief.
(Date uploaded: 04 April 2005 - 12 images)
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Medical
evacuation of earthquake victims from the island of Nias
An
Australian Aero Medical Evacuation team member helps Indonesian
military colleagues load a victim of the 29 march earthquake
on Nias onto an awaiting Australian C-130J Hercules aircraft
for evacuation to Medan.
(Date uploaded: 03 April 2005 - 7 images)
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ADF
personnel arrive onboard HMAS Kanimbla
by sea king helicopter
Indonesian
Liaison Officers arrive aboard HMAS Kanimbla by Sea King helicopter
as the ship sails to contribute to earthquake relief under Operation
Sumatra Assist Phase 2.
(Date uploaded: 02 April 2005 - 6 images)
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RAAF
C-130J Hercules delivers relief supplies to Indonesia
Indonesian
officials supervise the unloading of humanitarian aid supplies
from an Australian C-130J Hercules at Sibolga airport, West
Sumatra, Indonesia, to be transported to the people of the earthquake-affected
island of Nias.
(Date uploaded: 02 April 2005 - 6 images)
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Images
from Operation Sumatra Assist
The
Chief of the Indonesian National Defence Force, General Endriartono
Sutarto, addresses a ceremony in Banda Aceh which farewelled
the Australian Defence Force contingent engaged in joint tsunami
relief operations under Operation Sumatra Assist.
(Date uploaded: 31 March 2005 - 4 images)
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Images
from Operation Sumatra Assist Phase 2
Corporal
Steve Edwards from 1 Air Terminal Squadron Detachment Richmond
loads rations for emergency humanitarian relief in Indonesia
into a Boeing 707 of 33 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
(Date uploaded: 31 March 2005 - 6 images)
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Images
from Operation Sumatra Assist Phase 2
(L-R)
Members from 2 Air Transportable Health Squadron, board a C-130J
Hercules at Royal Australian Air Force Base Richmond, as part
of the first element of Australian Defence Force aid heading
for Indonesia.
(Date uploaded: 30 March 2005 - 9 images)
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HMAS
Kanimbla personnel performing duties in Banda Aceh
Lieutenant
Commander David Duggan HMAS Kanimbla's dentist, inspects his
patients (Petty Officer David Rotinger) teeth as Able Seaman
Dental Assistant Emma Sills takes notes.
(Date uploaded: 11 March 2005 - 12 images)
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Images
of Defence personnel in Banda Aceh
HMAS
Kanimbla's LEUT Jim Crosby (Nursing Officer), blasting the Army's
water bladders clean at the quarantine station at Sabang. As
the drawdown of Australian Defence personnel in Sumatra commences,
Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel have begun handing
over functioning capabilities to be managed in the long term
by civilian personnel and organisations.
(Date uploaded: 09 March 2005 - 6 images)
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Brigadier
General Hery Adi and entourage tour HMAS Kanimbla
Brigadier
General Hery Adi and entourage arrive by Sea King for a tour
of HMAS Kanimbla.
(Date uploaded: 08 March 2005 - 7 images)
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Army
personnel prepare to return to Australia
Sapper
(SPR) William Gathercole is a Field Engineer from the 1st Combat
Engineer Regiment based in Darwin. He is shown inspection procedures
by Simon Anderson from the Australian Quarantine Inspection
Service (AQIS), Sydney.
(Date uploaded: 08 March 2005 - 9 images)
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Navy
Personnel prepare to return to Australia
Chief
Petty Officer Grant Leepere (of Adelaide) from JLU-W HMAS Stirling
uses a water blaster to clean a generator in preparation for
quarantine inspection and its return to Australia at the quarantine
station at Sabang.
(Date uploaded: 07 March 2005 - 7 images)
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Medics
return home
Chief of Army LTGEN Peter Leahy and Commander LSF, BRIG Michael
Kehoe joined families at Sydney International Airport to welcome
back personnel from OP Sumatra Assist.
(Date uploaded: 07 March 2005 - 5 images)
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Images
from Operation Sumatra Assist
(l+r) Flight Lieutenant Nick McCowen, and Squadron Leader Charlie
Siedentopf fly passengers from Sabang to Aceh in a C-130.
(Date uploaded: 07 March 2005 - 7 images)
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Farewell
Parade
1st Combat Engineer Regiment (1CER) hold a farewell parade
for the locals in Banda Aceh prior to their return to Australia.
(Date uploaded: 07 March 2005 - 8 images)
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Replenishment
at sea on Operation Sumatra Assist
Shark 20, a Sea King from 817 Squadron deployed to HMAS Kanimbla,
transfers stores from USNS Tippecanoe during a vertical replenishment.
(Date
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Handover
of rebuilt and functional fire truck and rebuilding in Aceh
Members from Operational Support Squadron (OSS) handover a rebuilt
and functional fire truck that was ruined in the Boxing Day
Tsunami to Aceh City Council. Major Tim Reynolds, OC OSS, is
presented with an engraved antique fire hose nozzle by Drs.
M. Kamil Yunus, Secretary of Banda Aceh Municipality, in appreciation
for their hard work.
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Rear
Admiral Rowan Moffit, Maritime Commander, tours Banda Aceh
Rear Admiral Rowan Moffit, Maritime Commander, is given a tour
of Banda Aceh and shown the work done by 1st Combat Engineer
Regiment (1CER) by LTCOL Ian Cumming, CO 1CER.
(Date
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Personnel
Return from Operation Sumatra Assist
Royal Australian Air Force Boeing 707 arrives at Darwin, transporting
104 personnel from Butterworth after conducting Operation Sumatra
Assist duties.
(Date
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Force
Extraction Team begin cleaning stores and equipment
Corporal
Ian Chattin from Beenleigh, Queensland is a member of 10 Force
Support Battalion (FSB) and is part of the Force Extraction
Team (FET) based at Sabang Port in Palauweh Island.
(Date
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Air
Traffic Control (ATC) hand-over cermony
Members
of 44Wing, FLTLT Andrew Chapman, FLTLT Greg Owens, SQNLDR
Phil Owen and FLTLT Shaun Nelson stand with Mr Novaro Martodihardjo,
Mr Wahyu Indragono and Mr Dharmansyah T. during the Air Traffic
Control (ATC) hand-over ceremony.
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Boat
recovery in Banda Aceh
Craftsman
Andrew Wild, a recovery mechanic from the Australian Army
1st Combat Services Support Battalion, currently attached
to the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment, assists with the removal
of a fishing boat in Banda Aceh.
(Date
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General
Cosgrove visits Aceh
Australia's
Chief of Defence Force, General Peter Cosgrove, during his visit
on 22 February to troops in Banda Aceh.
(Date
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Banda
Aceh ANZAC Field Hospital facility handover
The
Director of the Banda Aceh Public Hospital, Dr Rus Munandar,
receives a presentation from Lieutenant Colonel Georgeina Whelan
to mark the handover to Indonesian management of facilities
of the ANZAC Field Hospital.
(Date
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2nd
Health Support Battalion fight mosquito outbreak
Captain
Mick Kent from the 2nd Health Support Battalion (Brisbane) uses
a Thermal Fogging Machine to control mosquitoes which spread
dengue fever in a Banda Aceh local community.
(Date
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1st
Combat Engineer Regiment assisting on Operation Sumatra
Sapper
Dave Duckett from the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment (Darwin)
cleans out a sullage filled drain at the Banda Aceh Public Hospital.
(Date
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Imagery
from HMAS Kanimbla on Operation Sumatra
Corporal
Troy Decker in the medical centre of HMAS Kanimbla during Operation
Sumatra Assist.
(Date
uploaded: 17 February 2005 - 3 images)
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5
Aviation Regiment Iroquois helicopters deliver humanitarian
assitance to Lhong in the province of Aceh
Australian
Army Iroquois helicopters and personnel on their last humanitarian
aid mission in the village of Lhong, in Indonesia's Aceh Province,
during Operation Sumatra Assist.
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Australian
Iroquois helicopters fly final mission on Operation Sumatra
Australian
Army Iroquois helicopters fly over the coast near Banda Aceh
on their last humanitarian aid mission during Operation Sumatra
Assist.
(Date
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Aerial
photographs
of Banda Aceh being cleared
Aerial
photograph of Banda Aceh, showing areas still being cleared
after the Boxing Day tsunami, and vehicles moving humanitarian
aid supplies.
(Date
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Banda
Aceh Public Hospital thanks ANZAC medical staff
An
Indonesian nurse embraces Lance Corporal Heidi Turnbull from
the 1st Health Support Battalion (Sydney) to say thank you for
the efforts of all the ANZAC medical staff as the Infectious
Diseases Ward is handed back to the Banda Aceh Public Hospital.
(Date
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Captain
Greg Brown
Captain
Greg Brown is a nurse with the 1st Health Support Battalion
(Sydney). Captain Brown is deployed on Operation Sumatra Assist
and has been an integral part of the ANZAC Hospital in tsunami
ravaged Banda Aceh.
(Date
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Imagery from Operation Sumatra Assist
Working
Divers from the Australian Army 1st Combat Engineering Regiment
(Darwin), pose for a group photo with Mr Sofyan bin Auzib (holding
wheel), the owner of the boat, Bintang Purnama, which was refloated
and recovered by the divers and engineers at Meulaboh, in Indonesia's
Aceh Province.
(Date
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Imagery from Operation Sumatra Assist
Members
of the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment (Darwin) teach the local
children how to play AFL prior to a game of soccer between a
local Banda Aceh team and the engineers.
(Date
uploaded: 11 February 2005 - 6 images)
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Imagery from Operation Sumatra Assist
USNHS
Mercy, American hospital ship, off the coast of Banda Aceh during
Operation Sumatra Assist.
(Date
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Latest
Imagery from Operation Sumatra Assist
Sapper
Dave Duckett from the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment (Darwin)
refills a water purification bladder in Banda Aceh.
(Date
uploaded: 08 February 2005 - 4 images)
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Hand
over of water purification point to Indonesian Red Cross
(L-R)
Lieutenant Colonel Ian Cumming, Commanding Officer of the Australian
Engineers in Banda Aceh hands over the water purification point
to Mr Bustari, Chairman of the Indonesian Red Cross Aceh Chapter.
(Date
uploaded: 08 February 2005 - 3 images)
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Imagery
from Operation Sumatra Assist
An
Australian UH-1H Iroquois from the 5th Aviation Regiment conducts
a humanitarian aid distribution flight to the isolated people
of Banda Aceh.
(Date
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RAAF
and Medical staff testimonials from Banda Aceh
Able
Seaman (ABMED) Judy Robinson in the High Dependency Unit (HDU)
checking heart monitoring equipment. Judy Robinson is about
to go ashore in Banda Aceh and doesn't know what to expect.
(Date
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ADF
support at Banda Aceh
airport
The
temporary control tower at Banda Aceh airport was given to Indonesia
by the Singapore Military. Royal Australian Air force Air Traffic
Controllers and Civilian Indonesian controllers work side by
side to oversee the movements of aircraft at Banda Aceh airport.
(Date
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Prime
Minister visits Banda Aceh
The
Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, is introduced by ANZAC
Hospital commanding officer Lieutenant Colonel Georgeina Whelan
to Chaplain Don Kaus, of the Australian Army 1st Health Support
Battalion, at the hospital in Banda Aceh.
(Date
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Prime
Minister visits Banda Aceh
The
Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard, was met on arrival
in Banda Aceh by the Indonesian Coordinating Minister for People's
Welfare, Dr Alwi Shihab, and the Indonesian Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Mr Hassan Wirayuda (here introducing Mr Howard to senior
Indonesian military officers).
(Date
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from Operation Sumatra Assist
Replenishment
at sea with USNS Tippecanoe Sea King conducts vertical replenishment
of perishable goods during the replenishment at sea (RAS).
(Date
uploaded: 02 February 2005 - 9 images)
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Australian
Chief of Air Force Air Marshal, Angus Houston visits Banda Aceh
Chief
of Staff of the Indonesian Air Force Air Chief Marshal Chappy
Hakim steps off an Indonesian Air Force 737 aircraft with Australian
Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Angus Houston at Banda Aceh airport.
(Date
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ADF
Medical personnel provide relief in Banda Aceh
(L-R)
Lance Corporal Donna Firth, Captain Anthony Chambers and Lieutenant
Colonel Charles New from the 1st Health Support Battalion Sydney
operate on the leg of a local patient at the ANZAC Hospital
who was injured in the Tsunami in Banda Aceh.
(Date
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Chief
of Air Force visits Medan, Indonesia
Chief
of Staff of the Indonesian Air Force Air Chief Marshal Chappy
Hakim talks with the Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Angus Houston
AO, AFC after his arrival in Medan, Indonesia.
(Date
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324
Combat Support Squadron and the Force Support Element Butterworth
tirelessly assist with rebuilding Banda Aceh
Corporal
Geoff Haynes (left) and Craftsman Troy Maskell fit a main rotor
head to a UH-1H Helicopter of A Squadron, 5th Aviation Regiment,
Australian Army, at Banda Aceh airport.
(Date
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ADF
Engineering and Medical assistance in Banda Aceh
Lieutenant
Commander Malcolm Ralston from HMAS Kanimbla uses a sledgehammer
to break up debris blocking a drain in Banda Aceh.
(Date
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C-130H
Hercules aircraft and crew on Operation Sumatra Assist
(L-R)
Flight Lieutenant Matthew Nunn and Flight Lieutenant Wayne Baylis
in the cockpit of an Australian Air Force C-130H Hercules aircraft
transiting to Banda Aceh airport with much needed aid for the
local population.
(Date
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Personnel
deployed on Operation Sumatra Assist
Squadron Leader Phil Owen is the Senior Air Traffic Control
Officer for the Australian air traffic control detachment at
Banda Aceh Airport. He is seen here in the Singaporean Defence
Force mobile control tower, directing an aircraft on final approach
to the airport.
(Date
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Personnel
deployed on Operation Sumatra Assist
Australian Army Marine Specialist Corps personnel in a Landing
Craft Medium (LCM8) off Banda Aceh, Indonesia, approach HMAS
Kanimbla for a docking procedure called "a stern door marriage".
(Date
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Personnel
deployed on Operation Sumatra Assist
Flight Lieutenant Shaun Nelson from the Royal Australian Air
Force School of Air Traffic Control, 49 Wing Detachment, helps
a member of the Indonesian military load an Australian Iroquois
helicopter with much needed aid for distribution.
(Date
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from Operation Sumatra Assist
The Commander of the Indonesian Navy West Fleet, Rear Admiral
Didik Heru Purnomo (second from left), on 16 January 2005 visited
HMAS Kanimbla, on station at Banda Aceh, Indonesia, to support
tsunami relief and reconstruction.
(Date
uploaded: 21 January 2005 - 1 image)
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from Operation Sumatra Assist
Lieutenant Commander Matthew Bradley helps locals unload an
Australian Navy Sea King helicopter (Shark 21) which carried
relief supplies of rice, water and tents to the isolated village
of Aluebata, Aceh Province, 145 kilometres down the coast from
Banda Aceh.
(Date
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from Operation Sumatra Assist
View across the flight deck of the US Navy aircraft carrier,
USS Abraham Lincoln, from the back door of an Australian Navy
Sea King helicopter on tsunami relief operations in Indonesia.
(Date
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Imagery
from Operation Sumatra Assist
An Australian Air Force C-130J Hercules aircraft lands at Banda
Aceh Airport and is directed to its loading point by a member
of the Indonesian military.
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Shadow
Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mr Kevin
Rudd MP visits Banda Aceh
Shadow
Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mr Kevin
Rudd MP, is met by Indonesian Government official Mr Wahyudi
at Banda Aceh Airport.
(Date
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Imagery
from Operation Sumatra Assist
A Royal Australian Air Force C-130J Hercules aircraft lands
with humanitarian relief aid cargo at Banda Aceh Airport, Indonesia.
(Date
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from Operation Sumatra Assist
A large recovery vehicle from the Australian Army 1st Combat
Engineer Regiment removes one of many boats left wrecked by
the Boxing Day tsunami in the streets around Banda Aceh. Some
have come to rest kilometres from where they were moored. The
one pictured was washed onto a city bridge.
(Date
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Major
General Bambang Darmono visits HMAS Kanimbla
Major General Bambang Darmono, the commander of the Indonesian
Government disaster relief operation in Aceh Province is welcomed
onboard HMAS Kanimbla by the ships commanding officer, Commander
Steve Woodall (right) and the Commander Maritime Task Group,
Captain Peter Leschen.
(Date
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Minister
for Defence visits Banda Aceh
Australian Defence Minister, Senator Robert Hill, waves goodbye
to local children as he prepares to leave Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
(Date
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Minister
for Defence Senator Robert Hill visits ADF personnel in Banda
Aceh
Major General Bambang Darmono, the commander of the Indonesian
Government disaster relief operation in Aceh Province, and the
Australian Minister for Defence, Senator Robert Hill visited
Australian Defence Force personnel deployed to Banda Aceh as
part of the Australian Government’s commitment to international
humanitarian aid relief following the Boxing Day tsunami.
(Date
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from Operation Sumatra Assist
Private David Jones from the Australian Army 1st Health Support
Battalion, Sydney, checks on the health of an Indonesian woman
patient in Banda Aceh hospital.
(Date
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from Operation Sumatra Assist
Medical personnel of the Australian and New Zealand Defence
Forces staffing the Anzac Field Hospital in Banda Aceh, Indonesia,
observe a minute's silence on Sunday 16 January for victims
of the Indian Ocean tsunami.
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from Operation Sumatra Assist
An Australian Army heavy lift crane transported on HMAS Kanimbla
to support tsunami relief and reconstruction in Indonesia drives
off a landing craft at Banda Aceh.
(Date
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from Operation Sumatra Assist
Australian Army Engineers prepare to lay portable track over
a beach landing site to enable heavy equipment to move over
soft ground.
(Date
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from Operation Sumatra Assist
Commander Joint Task Force (CJTF) Brigadier David Chalmers AM,
CSC, ADC (right rear), and Lieutenant Colonel Jaka Santosa of
the Indonesian Air Force, talk to troops from 1 Combat Engineering
Regiment (1CER) having breakfast on HMAS Kanimbla before going
ashore in Banda Aceh to support tsunami relief and reconstruction
operations.
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from Operation Sumatra Assist
A Sea King helicopter from HMAS Kanimbla transports an underslung
load from ship to shore in Banda Aceh harbour.
(Date
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from Operation Sumatra Assist
Personnel from the Primary Casualty Reception Facility (PCRF),
on amphibious transport ship HMAS Kanimbla, practice tending
to a casualty during an exercise en route to support tsunami
relief operations in Indonesia.
(Date
uploaded: 13 January 2005 - 8 images)
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from Operation Sumatra Assist
(L-R) Private Alex Shain and Private Hye Carr, who are both
from the 1st Health Support Battalion, Sydney, remove excess
mud from the Anzac Field Hospital in Banda Aceh.
(Date
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Imagery
from Operation Sumatra Assist
(L-R) Captain Greg Brown and Private Adam James, both from the
1st Health Support Battalion, Sydney, dress the leg wound of
a patient in the Indonesian military hospital in Banda Aceh.
(Date
uploaded: 12 January 2005 - 15 images)
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C-130H
Hercules, Melbourne Cricket Ground Flyover
C-130H Hercules of 36 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force,
Richmond, NSW, flying over the Melbourne Cricket Ground during
a tea break of the tsunami relief charity cricket match between
Asia and the Rest Of The World.
(Date
uploaded: 10 January 2005 - 3 images)
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HMAS
Kanimbla's complement increases
Vehicles of the Australian Army 1st Combat Engineering Regiment,
based in Darwin, Australia, pack the hangar of the transport
ship HMAS Kanimbla, en route to provide tsunami relief assistance
in Indonesia.
(Date
uploaded: 10 January 2005 - 4 images)
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Australian
Defence Force supplies purified water in Banda Aceh
Private Chris Bone from Darwin hands out fresh water made from
the water purification plant to the local people of Banda Aceh.
(Date
uploaded: 11 January 2005 - 8 images)
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Lieutenant
Colonel Georgeina Whelan
Lieutenant
Colonel Georgeina Whelan, Commanding Officer of the Australian
Army's 1st Health Support Battalion, at the Anzac Field Hospital,
Banda Aceh, of which she is also the Commanding Officer. Georgeina
is married and has four children aged two to 10 years old. She
lives in Sydney, NSW.
(Date
uploaded: 10 January 2005 - 1 image)
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HMAS
Kanimbla deployed on Operation Sumatra Assist
HMAS Kanimbla at sea on her way from Darwin, Australia, to Indonesia
to support tsunami disaster relief operations on the Indonesian
island of Sumatra. The deployment of Kanimbla is part of the
Australian Government programme of assistance to Indonesian
Government tsunami disaster relief activities under Operation
Sumatra Assist.
(Date
uploaded: 10 January 2005 - 18 images)
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Defence
Minister, Senator Robert Hill visits personnel deployed on Operation
Sumatra Assist
Minister for Defence Robert Hill (centre) and the Governor of
Indonesia's North Sumatra Province, Tengku Rizal Nurdin (centre
left), are surrounded by Indonesian media while visiting the
Australian Joint Task Force Headquarters in Medan, North Sumatra,
today.
(Date
uploaded: 08 January 2005 - 3 images)
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Defence
Minister, Senator Robert Hill visits HMAS Kanimbla in Darwin
Defence Minister, Senator Robert Hill, addresses the crew of
HMAS Kanimbla prior to the ship deploying on Operation Sumatra
Assist whilst in Darwin harbour.
(Date
uploaded: 07 January 2005 - 13 images)
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Operation
Sumatra Assist
People in Banda Aceh queue for fresh water produced and issued
by Australian Army personnel. The water purification plant operated
by ADF personnel in Banda Aceh is the only source of potable
water in the city.
(Date uploaded: 07 January 2005 - 4 images)
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Colin
Powell sees first hand the work of Australian Medical Teams
in Sumatra
The US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, speaks with an Indonesian
patient under care of the Australian Defence Force Aero Medical
Evacuation (AME) team in tsunami-ravaged Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
(Date uploaded: 05 January 2005 - 1 image)
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Sumatra Assist
Major General Bambang Darmono (left), the commander of the Indonesian
Government tsunami relief programme in Aceh Province, and the
incoming Australian joint task force commander, Brigadier David
Chalmers, discuss the Australian contribution to the tsunami
relief effort.
(Date uploaded: 05 January 2005 - 10 images)
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Operation
Sumatra Assist
An
Australian Army Iroquois helicopter arrives at Banda Aceh airport,
landing near a Singapore Air Force C-130.
(Date uploaded: 05
January 2005 - 20 images)
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HMAS
Kanimbla
Commanding
Officer, Commander Steve Woodall, Executive Officer, Lieutenant
Commander Viktor Pilicic, and Navigator Lieutenant Anita Sellick
take HMAS Kanimbla out of Sydney harbour.
(Date uploaded: 05
January 2005 - 15 images)
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Operation
Sumatra Assist
The
task of cleaning up Banda Aceh has begun but workers face a
huge task.
(Date uploaded: 04
January 2005 - 7 images)
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Portrait
of Brigadier D.H. Chalmers, AM, CSC, ADC
Official
Portrait Brigadier D.H. Chalmers, AM, CSC, ADC.
(Date uploaded: 04
January 2005 - 1 image)
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Operation
Tsunami Assist
Lieutenant
Daniel Moore of the ADF and Sergeant Endri of the Indonesian
Armed Forces discuss medical treatment with an injured patient
in Banda Aceh, assisted by an interpreter (right, wearing hat).
(Date uploaded: 04
January 2005 - 9 images)
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Operation
Tsunami Assist
Engineers
of the Australian Army and the Royal Australian Air Force monitor
the newly installed water purification plant filling tanks with
clean water at the Banda Aceh potable water issuing point.
(Date uploaded: 03
January 2005 - 10 images)
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Operation
Tsunami Assist
Australian
Army medical personnel Lieutenant Kate Almond and Captain Mark
Hanley treat the hand injury of an Indonesian patient, who was
injured by the tsunami on Boxing Day 2004.
(Date uploaded: 03
January 2005 - 8 images)
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Operation
Tsunami Assist
A
Royal Australian Air Force load master, Sergeant Brett Louis,
begins his pre-flight checks under the wings of a C-130J Hercules,
protecting him from the wet conditions at Medan International
Airport.
(Date uploaded: 02
January 2005 - 10 images)
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Operation
Tsunami Assist
Australian
Steven Stewart from the Indonesian island of Asu was hit by
a vehicle while he was on his way back to town from organising
a planeload of aid. Mr Stewart suffered a lacerated nose, and
fractured arm. Mr Stewart spoke with Medical Evacuation officer
Wing Commander Geoffrey Robinson in a hospital in Medan about
returning to Australia.
(Date uploaded: 31
December 2004 - 5 images)
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Tsunami Assist
Sergeant
Errol Taylor loads a C-130J Hercules with urgently needed supplies
of rice and fuel.
(Date uploaded: 31
December 2004 - 7 images)
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Operation
Tsunami Assist
Internally
Displaced Persons onboard a Royal Australian Air Force C-130
Hercules. Two Australian Defence Force (ADF) C-130 Hercules
landed in devastated Banda Aceh, the worst affected city on
the northwest coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, delivering urgent
humanitarian aid on December 29, 2004. Two Royal Australian
Air Force C-130 Hercules picked up more than 100 internally
displaced persons (IDP) and flew them to Medan.
(Date uploaded: 30
December 2004 - 14 images)
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Operation
Tsunami Assist
Wing
Commander Greg Norman is met by Customs Indonesia Officer Mr
Sutrusdo at Medan International Airport after the first Royal
Australian Air Force C-130 Hercules landed with emergency aid
on board.
(Date uploaded: 29
December 2004 - 3 images)
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Operation
Tsunami Assist
LACW
Philips of Air Movements Section, RAAF Base Richmond, unloads
humanitarian aid supplies in preparation for loading on RAAF
C-130 Hercules aircraft as part of Australia's response to the
26 December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami disaster.
(Date uploaded: 28
December 2004 - 3 images)
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Minister for Defence Robert Hill and Chiefs of Navy and Air Force
visit personnel on Nias, and 
Air bridge operations by RAAF
Medical
and liaison personnel arrive on board HMAS Kanimbla as the ship
sails to earthquake affected areas.
Aid
arrives at Sibolga onboard RAAF C-130 Hercules.
