10 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.

20050207ran8100122_027 Chief Petty Officer Medic Roland Biswas takes the blood pressure of an Army sergeant in the sick bay of HMAS Kanimbla. (Date taken: 07 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20050208ran8100122_019 USNHS Mercy, American hospital ship, off the coast of Banda Aceh during Operation Sumatra Assist. (Date taken: 08 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res