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21 February 2005
Banda Aceh ANZAC Field Hospital facility handover

Preparing for the withdrawal of Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel participating in the emergency phase of Indonesian Government-led tsunami relief, ADF personnel have begun handing over functioning capabilities to be managed in the long term by civilian personnel and organisations.

The ADF have been 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 Northern 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, and other emergency provisions, and logistical support have been provided. In the tsunami-devastated provincial capital of Banda Aceh, the ADF set up a water purification plant and established the ANZAC Field Hospital, a field hospital operated jointly by medical personnel of the ADF and the New Zealand Defence Force.

The ANZAC Field Hospital performed its final operation on 20 February before return of its facilities to Indonesian and civilian management.

Read release: ANZACS farewell Banda Aceh Public Hospital

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Sapper Trevor Skoda of the Australian Army Engineers plays Waltzing Matilda to Indonesian children at Zinoel Abidin Public Hospital in Banda Aceh.
(Date taken: 19 February 2005)
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Sapper Brett Armstrong of the Australian Army, 1st Combat Engineer Regiment, Darwin, receives a helping hand from Mijafar, a 12-year-old boy from Banda Aceh. "It's long and hard work but a rewarding experience," Sapper Armstrong says. "The men and women of the ADF are proud to have been able to assist the people of Indonesia during their time of need."
(Date taken: 19 February 2005)
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Australia's Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Peter Leahy, during his visit to troops contributing to the Indonesian-led tsunami disaster relief operations in Banda Aceh.
(Date taken: 20 February 2005)
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The Australian commanding officer of the ANZAC Hospital, Lieutenant Colonel Georgeina Whelan, receives a plaque during a parade for Australian Chief of Army Lieutenant General Peter Leahy's visit to Banda Aceh.
(Date taken: 20 February 2005)
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Private Lena Griinke, an evacuation driver from the 2nd Health Support Battalion, Australian Army, in Brisbane speaks with local Indonesian children. Private Griinke is glad for the opportunity she had to deploy to Aceh to provide humanitarian aid but says "The role we played was to provide emergency relief but that emergency phase is now over".
(Date taken: 20 February 2005)
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Australia's Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Peter Leahy, visits patients in the ANZAC Field Hospital, Banda Aceh, and chats to a mother who gave birth to her son two weeks ago.
(Date taken: 20 February 2005)
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Aliya and her brother, Iswandi, visit their newborn brother in the ANZAC Field Hospital as Australian medical staff look on.
(Date taken: 20 February 2005)
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Lieutenant Colonel Georgina Whelan, commanding officer of the ANZAC Hospital, and Australia's Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Peter Leahy visit tsunami victim, Aisyah, and her husband Msuft.
(Date taken: 20 February 2005)
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Bahtiar, an Indonesian boy who was a victim of the Boxing Day tsunami, visits with Australian medical staff. Bahtiar lost his family in the tsunami and is confined to a wheelchair but has fast become one of the medical staff's favourite patients.
(Date taken: 20 February 2005)
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The Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army (Kasad), General Ryamizard Ryacudu, meets at the ANZAC Field Hospital, Banda Aceh, with Australia's Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Peter Leahy, and the Australian joint task force commander in the Operation Sumatra Assist tsunami relief operation, Brigadier David Chalmers (right).
(Date taken: 20 February 2005)
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The Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army (Kasad), General Ryamizard Ryacudu, receives an official gift at the ANZAC Field Hospital, Banda Aceh, from Australia's Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Peter Leahy.
(Date taken: 20 February 2005)
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The Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army (Kasad), General Ryamizard Ryacudu, meets at the ANZAC Field Hospital, Banda Aceh, with Australia's Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Peter Leahy, and the Australian joint task force commander in the Operation Sumatra Assist tsunami relief operation, Brigadier David Chalmers (left).
(Date taken: 20 February 2005)
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Australia's Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Peter Leahy, accompanied by senior Indonesian military officers, speaks with Indonesian press outside the ANZAC Field Hospital in Banda Aceh.
(Date taken: 20 February 2005)
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Lieutenant General Djoko Santoso, Deputy Chief of Staff (Wakasad) of the Indonesian Army, who is incoming Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army, meets Australia's Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Peter Leahy, in Banda Aceh.
(Date taken: 20 February 2005)
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Australia's Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Peter Leahy, meets in Banda Aceh with Lieutenant General Djoko Santoso, Deputy Chief of Staff (Wakasad) of the Indonesian Army, who is incoming Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army.
(Date taken: 20 February 2005)
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Australia's Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Peter Leahy, meets residents of Banda Aceh during a visit for the handover to civilian control of hospital facilities set up by Australian Defence Force medical personnel.
(Date taken: 20 February 2005)
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Australia's Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Peter Leahy, speaks with (left to right) Sapper William Gathercole and Sapper Leigh Forte.
(Date taken: 20 February 2005)
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Australia's Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Peter Leahy, speaks with Sapper Leigh Forte at one of the devastated areas of Banda Aceh.
(Date taken: 20 February 2005)
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Australia's Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Peter Leahy speaks with Sapper Andrew Lawrence at one of the devastated areas of Banda Aceh.
(Date taken: 20 February 2005)
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Bahtiar is a patient recovering in the surgical ward at the ANZAC Field Hospital, Banda Aceh.
(Date taken: 20 February 2005)
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Australia's Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Peter Leahy, is shown the Anzac Field Hospital by its commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Georgeina Whelan.
(Date taken: 20 February 2005)
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The operating theatre door used to tally babies born at the ANZAC Field Hospital in Banda Aceh since the tsunami.
(Date taken: 20 February 2005)
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Australia's Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Peter Leahy (centre), is introduced to personnel of the Anzac Field Hospital by its commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Georgeina Whelan (second from right).
(Date taken: 20 February 2005)
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Lieutenant Colonel Georgeina Whelan and the handover ceremony for the Anzac Field Hospital surgical ward at Banda Aceh.
(Date taken: 20 February 2005)
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Lieutenant Colonel Georgeina Whelan salutes Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Peter Leahy, at the handover ceremony of the Anzac Field Hospital at Banda Aceh.
(Date taken: 20 February 2005)
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Members of the New Zealand Defence Force perform the Haka at the handover ceremony and parade of the Anzac Field Hospital at Banda Aceh.
(Date taken: 20 February 2005)
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Australian and New Zealand Defence Force members give a musical performance at the handover ceremonies in Banda Aceh for the ANZAC Field Hospital surgical ward.
(Date taken: 20 February 2005)
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Australian and New Zealand Defence Force members give a musical performance at the handover ceremonies in Banda Aceh for the ANZAC Field Hospital surgical ward.
(Date taken: 20 February 2005)
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The Director of the Banda Aceh Public Hospital, Dr Rus Munandar, receives a presentation from Lieutenant Colonel Georgeina Whelan to mark the handover to Indonesian management of facilities of the ANZAC Field Hospital.
(Date taken: 20 February 2005)
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The Director of the Banda Aceh Public Hospital, Dr Rus Munandar, receives a presentation from Lieutenant Colonel Georgeina Whelan to mark the handover to Indonesian management of facilities of the ANZAC Field Hospital.
(Date taken: 20 February 2005)
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