09 February 2005
Latest 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.
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JPAU08FEB05PC001
Sapper Dave Duckett from the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment (Darwin)
refills a water purification bladder in Banda Aceh.
(Date taken: 08 February 2005)
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Brigadier David Chalmers, Commander of the Australian Joint Task
Force in Sumatra lends a helping hand to members of the 1st Combat
Engineer Regiment (Darwin) as they clear debris from the devastated
city of Banda Aceh.
(Date taken: 08 February 2005)
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Brigadier David Chalmers, Commander of the Australian Joint Task
Force in Sumatra lends a helping hand to members of the 1st Combat
Engineer Regiment (Darwin) as they clear debris from the devastated
city of Banda Aceh.
(Date taken: 08 February 2005)
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JPAU08FEB05PC154
Corporal Jacqui Morgan, a clerk with the 1st Health Support Battalion
(Sydney), communicates via radio with the operations room at the
ANZAC Hospital. Corporal Morgan was recently awarded the Australia
Day Medallion for outstanding service as a clerk in the operations
room at the ANZAC Hospital in Banda Aceh.
(Date taken: 08 February 2005)
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