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.

JPAU09FEB05PC005 Members of the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment (Darwin) teach the local children how to play AFL prior to a game of soccer between a local Banda Aceh team and the engineers. (Date taken: 09 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	JPAU09FEB05PC007 Captain Lachlan Fryer, a linguist attached to the 1st Combat Engineering Regiment Darwin, plays AFL with the local children of Banda Aceh prior to a game of soccer between a local Banda Aceh team and the engineers. (Date taken: 09 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
JPAU09FEB05PC006 Captain Lachlan Fryer, a linguist attached to the 1st Combat Engineering Regiment Darwin, plays AFL with the local children of Banda Aceh prior to a game of soccer between a local Banda Aceh team and the engineers. (Date taken: 09 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	JPAU09FEB05PC034 Members of the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment (Darwin) teach the local children how to play AFL prior to a game of soccer between a local Banda Aceh team and the engineers. (Date taken: 09 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
JPAU09FEB05PC033 Members of the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment (Darwin) teach the local children how to play AFL prior to a game of soccer between a local Banda Aceh team and the engineers. (Date taken: 09 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	JPAU09FEB05PC072 Captain Phillip Butt from the 1st Health Support Battalion (Sydney) is the Adjutant for the 1st Health Support Battalion at the Banda Aceh ANZAC Hospital and is responsible for the wellbeing of personnel within the unit. (Date taken: 09 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res