03 January 2005
Operation Tsunami Assist

Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel have been deployed to support Indonesian authorities in provision of humanitarian assistance following the tsunami which devastated large areas of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Boxing Day 2004.

JPAU03JAN05BM001 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 taken: 3 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	JPAU03JAN05BM002 Australian Army medical officer Captain Mark Hanley, on his way to treat injured residents, walks past the collapsed shopping centre in Banda Aceh. (Date taken: 3 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
JPAU03JAN05BM003 Warrant Officer Allan Lewis demonstrates to a crowd of waiting residents in Banda Aceh that the water from a newly installed water purification plant is drinkable. (Date taken: 3 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	JPAU03JAN05BM004 Leading Aircraftman Epps distributes clean water in 10-litre containers to local townspeople in Banda Aceh. (Date taken: 3 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
JPAU03JAN05BM005 Corporal Clark from the Royal Australian Air Force speaks with a German news reporter at the water issuing point in Banda Aceh. (Date taken: 3 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	JPAU03JAN05BM006 Corporal David James checks the water chemical balance at the water issue point in the centre of Banda Aceh. (Date taken: 3 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
JPAU03JAN05BM007 Warrant Officer Allan Lewis fillls hundreds of collapsible water containers for distribution from a water purification plant newly installed in Banda Aceh. (Date taken: 3 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	JPAU03JAN05BM008 Leading Aircraftman Epps hands over a container of drinkable water to a local Banda Aceh man. There has been no supply of clean water from the main water system since the tsunami hit seven days ago. (Date taken: 3 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
JPAU03JAN05BM009 Leading Aircraftman Epps hands over to a Banda Aceh resident the first container of drinkable water from a water purification plant installed by Australian Army and Air Force engineers. There had been no supply of clean water from the main water system of Banda Aceh since tsunamis hit the city on 26 December. (Date taken: 3 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	JPAU03JAN05BM010 Banda Aceh residents display their gratitude to the Australian Defence Force for supply of clean fresh drinking water. (Date taken: 3 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res