24 January 2005
Personnel deployed on Operation Sumatra Assist

The first in a series of working parties from HMAS Kanimbla has gone ashore to help with the massive clean-up operation in Banda Aceh. The sailors of all ranks volunteered for the job. Their first task was to clear the drains at the city's main hospital, still soaked in mud and debris. Few knew what to expect and some found the going tough. But all were happy to have contributed in a small way. Volunteers from HMAS KANIMBLA will go ashore on a daily basis to help in the reconstruction process.

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 IndonesiaÕs 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, and other emergency provisions, and logistical support have been provided. In the tsunami-devastated provincial capital of Banda Aceh, the ADF have set up a water purification plant and have established the Anzac Field Hospital, a field 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 an 13 January, and has taken up station as a floating support and logistics base for relief and reconstruction work.

20050122ran8097690_009 Australian Army Marine Specialist Corps personnel in a Landing Craft Medium (LCM8) off Banda Aceh, Indonesia, approach HMAS Kanimbla for a docking procedure called "a stern door marriage". (Date taken: 22 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20050122ran8097690_033 Able Seaman Combat Systems Operator (ABCSO) Anthony Wessling puts on gumboots in preparation for helping in Banda Aceh reconstruction. (Date taken: 22 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20050122ran8097690_036 A sailor from HMAS Kanimbla clears mud from drains around the local hospital in Banda Aceh. (Date taken: 22 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20050122ran8097690_045 Personnel from HMAS Kanimbla clean mud from drains at the Banda Aceh hospital. (Date taken: 22 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20050122ran8097690_051 Leading Seaman Boatswains Mate (LSBM) Daniel Mercer (foreground) and Chief Petty Officer Physical Trainer (CPOPT) Ty Goodman clear mud from drains at the local hospital in Banda Aceh. (Date taken: 22 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20050122ran8097690_055 Leading Seaman Boatswains Mate (LSBM) Daniel Mercer clears mud from drains at the local hospital. (Date taken: 22 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20050122ran8097690_067 Chief Petty Officer Physical Trainer (CPOPT) Ty Goodman clears mud from drains at the local hospital. (Date taken: 22 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20050122ran8097690_070 Corporal Walters of the Australian Army 1 Combat Engineering Regiment clears mud from drains at the local hospital. (Date taken: 22 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20050122ran8097690_076 Chief Petty Officer Physical Trainer (CPOPT) Ty Goodman clears mud from drains at the local hospital. (Date taken: 22 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20050122ran8097690_082 Personnel from HMAS Kanimbla move a bookcase from the mud while clearing drains at the Banda Aceh hospital. (Date taken: 22 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20050122ran8097690_093 Able Seaman Combat System Operator (ABCSO) Anthony Wessling clears mud from drains at the local hospital in Banda Aceh. (Date taken: 22 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	JPAU21JAN05PC021 Sapper Trevor Skoda from the Australian Army 21st Construction Squadron, Brisbane, repairs a broken pipe in the ANZAC Field Hospital, Banda Aceh. (Date taken: 21 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
JPAU21JAN05PC027 Sapper Ben Palmer from the Australian Army 21st Construction Squadron, Brisbane, repairs a broken pipe in the ANZAC Field Hospital, Banda Aceh. (Date taken: 21 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	JPAU21JAN05PC037 Private Phil Fawcett from the Australian Army 1st Health Support Battalion Sydney inserts a tube into the spare tyre of his ambulance at the ANZAC Field Hospital, Banda Aceh. (Date taken: 21 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
JPAU20JAN05PC131 Private Lyle Filer from the Australian Army 1st Health Support Battalion, Sydney, checks the air pressure on the spare tyre of his ambulance at the ANZAC Field Hospital, Banda Aceh. (Date taken: 20 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	JPAU21JAN05PC073 Lance Corporal Danny O'Dell from the Australian Army 21st Construction Squadron, Brisbane, uses a band saw to cut wood to be made into furniture for the ANZAC Field Hospital, Banda Aceh. (Date taken: 21 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
JPAU21JAN05PC084 Lieutenant Martin Dedomenico from the Australian Army 2nd Health Support Battalion, Brisbane, uses a microscope to determine the species of a mosquito at the ANZAC Field Hospital, Banda Aceh. (Date taken: 21 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	JPAU21JAN05PC100 Lieutenant Martin Dedomenico from the Australian Army 2nd Health Support Battalion, Brisbane, uses a microscope to determine the species of a mosquito at the ANZAC Field Hospital, Banda Aceh. (Date taken: 21 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
JPAU21JAN05PC103 Major Paul Byleveld from the Australian Army 8 Combat Service Support Battalion (standing), Korvetten Kapitan Dr. Thomas Morwinsky (front left) from the German Navy, and Major Jon Martin (front right) from Land Headquarters New Zealand examine the species of a mosquito in the ANZAC Field Hospital, Banda Aceh. (Date taken: 21 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	JPAU22JAN05PC013 Sapper Paul 'Fridge' Farrugia from the Australian Army 1st Combat Support Regiment, Darwin, prepares to add chlorine to a container of water in an ADF water purification plant at Banda Aceh. (Date taken: 22 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
JPAU22JAN05PC017 Major Jon Martin from Land Headquarters New Zealand checks the pH level of water at an Australian water purification plant in an Internally Displaced Persons camp in Banda Aceh. (Date taken: 22 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	JPAU22JAN05PC055 Local children from an Internally Displaced Person (IDP) camp in Banda Aceh watch members of the Australian Army 1st Combat Engineer Regiment, Darwin, set up a water purification plant. (Date taken: 22 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
JPAU22JAN05PC064 Sergeant Matt Johns is attached as a translator to the Australian Army 1 Combat Engineer Regiment, Darwin. He talks with local children at a Internally Displaced Person (IDP) camp in Banda Aceh. (Date taken: 22 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	JPAU22JAN05PC082 Sapper Paul 'Fridge' Farrugia from the Australian Army 1st Combat Support Regiment, Darwin, adds chlorine to a container of water in an ADF water purification plant at Banda Aceh. (Date taken: 22 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
JPAU22JAN05PC086 Sapper Robert Filla and Sapper Stuart Rokahr from the Australian Army 23 Support Squadron, Darwin, test the pH level of water in a Internally Displaced Persons camp in Banda Aceh. (Date taken: 22 January 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res