13 January 2005
Imagery from Operation Sumatra Assist

The amphibious transport ship HMAS Kanimbla has been sent with a complement of 466 men and women, including 150 Australian Army engineers, to assist the Indonesian Government tsunami relief programme on the island of Sumatra. The ship is carrying 780 tonnes of equipment and vehicles as well as two Sea King helicopters and two large landing craft (LCM8). She is due to take up station off the coast of Aceh from 13 January 2005.

At the request of the Government of Indonesia, the ADF's assistance is being provided as part of a cooperative national effort involving a range of Australian Government agencies

20050109ran8097690_018 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 taken: 09 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20050109ran8097690_021 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 taken: 09 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20050109ran8097690_029 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 taken: 09 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20050110ran8097690_065 Corporal Rebecca Stephen, a Flight Deck Marshal on the amphibious transport ship HMAS Kanimbla, guides the landing of a Sea King helicopter, en route to support tsunami relief operations in Indonesia. (Date taken: 10 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20050110ran8097690_095 Corporal Rebecca Stephen, a Flight Deck Marshal on the amphibious transport ship HMAS Kanimbla, en route to support tsunami relief operations in Indonesia. (Date taken: 10 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20050111ran8097690_062 (R to L) Australian Army Engineers, Sapper Greg Shaw, Sergeant Phil Lawlor, and Lance Corporal Wayne Cook, at sea in HMAS Kanimbla, check the vehicles they will use in support of tsunami relief in Indonesia. (Date taken: 11 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20050111ran8097690_072 Able Seaman Medic Darren Cole prepares medication for a patient on board HMAS Kanimbla, en route to assist tsunami relief in Indonesia. (Date taken: 11 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20050111ran8097690_082 Able Seaman Medic Darren Cole gives an injection to a patient on board HMAS Kanimbla, en route to assist tsunami relief in Indonesia. (Date taken: 11 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res