07 February 2005
Imagery from Operation Sumatra Assist

Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel are assisting Indonesian Government authorities as part of the Australian Government program 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, other emergency provisions and logistical support have been provided. In the tsunami-devastated provincial capital of Banda Aceh, the ADF has set up a water purification plant and has established the ANZAC Field Hospital, a hospital operated jointly by medical personnel of the ADF and the New Zealand Defence Force. The Australian Navy amphibious transport ship, HMAS Kanimbla, delivered a detachment of Australian Army engineers on 13 January and has taken up station as a floating support and logistics base for relief and reconstruction work.

20050202ran8100122_002 Able Seaman Electronics Technician (ABET) David Brook checks communication equipment in the transmitteer room of HMAS Kanimbla, during operation Sumatra Assist. (Date taken: 02 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20050202ran8100122_026 Petty Officer Airframes Technician Steve Firkin on the flight deck of HMAS Kanimbla during Operation Sumatra Assist. (Date taken: 02 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20050203ran8100122_002 Air Medical Evacuation (AME) team, left to right: Petty Officer Med Patt Feige, Lieutenant Tim Craven, and Lieutenant Philip Dolan. (Date taken: 03 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20050203ran8100122_015 Able Seaman Airframes Technician (ABATA) Christian "Tex" Walker maintains the rescue winch on a SK50 Seaking. (Date taken: 03 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20050203ran8100122_021 Leading Seaman Avionics Technician (LSATV) carrying out R2 servicing on the main rotor of a SK50 Seaking. (Date taken: 03 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20050204ran8100122_023 German Seaking helicopter from FGS Berlin during Operation Sumatra Assist. (Date taken: 04 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
220050204ran8100122_064 Personnel crossdeck over to FGS Berlin Left to right: Petty Officer Muller, Petty Officer Steve Kime and Commanding Officer: FregattenKapitan Wolfgang Telschow on the Bridge of FGS Berlin. (Date taken: 04 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20050204ran8100122_083 Personnel crossdeck over to FGS Berlin Able Seaman Writer Marcus Parkinson at lunch onboard FGS Berlin. (Date taken: 04 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
JPAU04FEB05PC088 An Australian UH-1H Iroquois from the 5th Aviation Regiment conducts a humanitarian aid distribution flight to the isolated people of Banda Aceh. (Date taken: 04 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	JPAU04FEB05PC150 A soccer field in a remote village of Banda Aceh becomes a makeshift landing zone for the distribution of aid to the local people. (Date taken: 04 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
JPAU04FEB05PC178 A loadmaster from the 5th Aviation Regiment prepares to deliver humanitarian aid to the isolated people of Banda Aceh after loading stores onto a UH-1H Iroquois. (Date taken: 04 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	JPAU04FEB05PC204 An Australian UH-1H Iroquois from the 5th Aviation Regiment drops off humanitarian aid to a remote town outside Banda Aceh after the Tsunami. (Date taken: 04 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
JPAU04FEB05PC205 An Australian UH-1H Iroquois from the 5th Aviation Regiment drops off aid to a remote town outside Banda Aceh after the Tsunami. (Date taken: 04 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	JPAU04FEB05PC259 An Australian UH-1H Iroquois from the 5th Aviation Regiment conducts a humanitarian aid distribution flight to the isolated people of Banda Aceh. (Date taken: 04 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
JPAU05FEB05PC049 Captain Vincent Oladele, a Radiographer with the 1st Health Support Battalion (Sydney), checks an x-ray of a local patient's femur in the ANZAC Hospital at Banda Aceh. (Date taken: 05 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	JPAU05FEB05PC064 Lieutenant Meg Wilson, a Sonographer from the 1st Health Support Battalion (Sydney) performs an ultrasound on a local patient at the ANZAC Hospital in Banda Aceh. (Date taken: 05 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
JPAU05FEB05PC083 Brigadier David Chalmers, Commander of the Australian Joint Task Force in Sumatra. (Date taken: 05 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	JPAU05FEB05PC099 Corporal Daniel McBean from the 1st Health Support Battalion (Sydney) maintains his fitness as the local children mimick his training session outside the ANZAC Hospital in Banda Aceh. (Date taken: 05 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
JPAU05FEB05PC135 Captain Dennis Mok from the 1st Health Support Battalion (Sydney) examins a blood specimen from a local patient at the ANZAC Hospital in Banda Aceh. (Date taken: 05 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res