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.

JPAU12FEB05PC028 Working Divers from the Australian Army 1st Combat Engineering Regiment (Darwin), pose for a group photo with Mr Sofyan bin Auzib (holding wheel), the owner of the boat, Bintang Purnama, which was refloated and recovered by the divers and engineers at Meulaboh, in Indonesia's Aceh Province. Mr Sofyan bin Auzib presented the team with the ships wheel in appreciation of the work involved with the recovery. (Date taken: 12 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	JPAU12FEB05PC074 Members of the Australian Army 1st Combat Engineer Regiment refloat a boat sunk, after hitting a submerged wreck while it was leaving to deliver aid to Meulaboh, on the west coast of Indonesia's Aceh Province. (Date taken: 12 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
JPAU12FEB05PC033 Sapper David Corica (foreground), from the Australian Army 1st Combat Engineer Regiment, works in diving kit as part of a team recovering a boat sunk, as it was was leaving to deliver aid to Meulaboh, on the west coast of Indonesia's Aceh Province. (Date taken: 12 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res