18 February 2005
1st Combat Engineer Regiment assiting on Operation Sumatra
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 December 28.
Relief assistance provided by Australia is part of a co-operative effort
involving the ADF, AusAID (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade),
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 January 13 and has taken
up station as a floating support and logistics base for relief and reconstruction
work.
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Lance Corporal Graham Warren from the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment
(Darwin) hauls a suction hose to be used to clear out drains
at the Banda Aceh Public Hospital.
(Date
taken: 16 February 2005)
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Members of the 1st combat Engineer Regiment carry a diesel powered
pump to be used to clean out drains at the Banda Aceh Public
Hospital.
(Date taken: 16 February 2005)
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Lance Corporal Graham Warren from the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment
(Darwin) cleans out a sullage filled drain at the Banda Aceh
Public Hospital.
(Date taken: 16 February 2005)
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Sapper Dave Duckett from the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment (Darwin)
cleans out a sullage filled drain at the Banda Aceh Public Hospital.
(Date
taken: 16 February 2005)
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Sapper Shane Webber from the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment (Darwin)
cleans out a sullage filled drain at the Banda Aceh Public Hospital.
(Date
taken: 16 February 2005)
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Sapper Scott Andrews from the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment (Darwin)
cleans out a sullage filled drain at the Banda Aceh Public Hospital.
(Date
taken: 16 February 2005)
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