13 January 2005
Imagery from Operation Sumatra Assist

Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel are assisting Indonesian Government authorities as part of the Australian Government programme of humanitarian relief following the Boxing Day tsunami. The ADF has been working in support of tsunami disaster relief in Indonesia's North Sumatra and Aceh Provinces since 28 December 2004.

Relief assistance provided by Australia is part of a co-operative effort involving the ADF, DFAT (AusAID), and Emergency Management Australia. Water, tentage, medical supplies, blankets and other emergency provisions, and logistical support have been provided. In the tsunami-devastated provincial capital of Banda Aceh, the ADF have set up a water purification plant and have established the Anzac Field Hospital, a field hospital operated jointly by medical personnel of the ADF and the New Zealand Defence Force.

DSC01055 Members of the 1st Health Support Battalion, Sydney, deliver the first baby at the Anzac Field Hospital, Banda Aceh. An Indonesian midwife brought the mother, experiencing complications, to the hospital where the medical staff saved the mother and baby's life after an emergency caesarian operation. (Date taken: 12 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	JPAU12JAN05PC009 Engineers from the 21st Construction Squadron, Brisbane, clean tsunami mud and debris from the hospital at Banda Aceh. (Date taken: 12 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
JPAU12JAN05PC025 Even a plastic flower brightens the ruin of Banda Aceh hospital as an Engineer from the Australian Army 21st Construction Squadron, Brisbane, cleans out mud up to his knees. (Date taken: 12 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	JPAU12JAN05PC036 (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 taken: 12 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
JPAU12JAN05PC043 Private Alex Shain from the 1st Health Support Battalion, Sydney, removes excess mud from the entry to the Anzac Field Hospital in Banda Aceh. (Date taken: 12 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	JPAU12JAN05PC048 (R-L) Sapper Stephen Wilson and Lance Corporal Aaron Bachmann, engineers from the 21st Construction Squadron, Brisbane, help an Indonesian man to clean up the Banda Aceh hospital after the tsunami. (Date taken: 12 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
JPAU12JAN05PC069 Captain Elizabeth Christie from the 1st Health Support Battalion, Sydney, who is the nursing officer in charge of the operating theatre at the Anzac Field Hospital, Banda Aceh, preps before assisting with surgery. (Date taken: 12 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	JPAU12JAN05PC075 Senior orthopaedic surgeon, Captain Brett Courtenay, from the 1st Health Support Battalion, Sydney, preps before commencing surgery. A Reservist, Captain Courtenay usually works at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney. (Date taken: 12 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
JPAU12JAN05PC080 Lieutenant Colonel Peter Tralagan from the 1st Health Support Battalion, Sydney, prepares intravenous antibiotic medication at the Anzac Field Hospital,Banda Aceh. (Date taken: 12 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	JPAU12JAN05PC081 Lieutenant Colonel Peter Tralagan from the 1st Health Support Battalion, Sydney, examines a patient at the Anzac Field Hospital in Banda Aceh. (Date taken: 12 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
JPAU12JAN05PC095 Lieutenant Colonel Charles New from the 1st Health Support Battalion, Sydney, briefs a German military medic on the procedure he will conduct on a patient in Banda Aceh. (Date taken: 12 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	JPAU12JAN05PC102 Captain Elizabeth Christie from the 1st Health Support Battalion, Sydney, the nursing officer in charge of the operating theatre, prepares medical supplies before surgery commences in the Anzac Field Hospital in Banda Aceh. (Date taken: 12 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
JPAU12JAN05PC106 (L-R) Captain Anthony Chambers and Captain Brett Courtenay and Captain Elizabeth Christie, all from the 1st Health Support Battalion, Sydney, operate on an Indonesian patient injured by the tsunami in Banda Aceh. (Date taken: 12 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	JPAU12JAN05PC119 Captain Kurt Stahmer, a theatre nurse from the 1st Health Support Battalion, Sydney, prepares himself for surgery at the Anzac Field Hospital, Banda Aceh. (Date taken: 12 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res