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31 January 2005
ADF Medical personnel provide relief in Banda Aceh

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.

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(L-R) Captain Anthony Chambers, Lance Corporal Donna Firth and Lieutenant Colonel Charles New from the 1st Health Support Battalion Sydney operate on the leg of a local patient at the ANZAC Hospital who was injured in the Tsunami in Banda Aceh.
(Date taken: 28 January 2005)
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Lieutenant Colonel Charles New from the 1st Health Support Battalion Sydney plasters the leg of a local patient at the ANZAC Hospital who was injured in the Tsunami in Banda Aceh. Lieutenant Colonel Charles New has been a reservist for 14 years and in his civilian employment he is the Senior Orthopedic Surgeon at the Nepean Hospital Penrith. The Nepean Hospital was very happy to allow Lieutenant Colonel New to be released from duties at the hospital so he could help the local people of Banda Aceh.
(Date taken: 28 January 2005)
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(L-R) Lance Corporal Donna Firth and Captain Anthony Chambers from the 1st Health Support Battalion Sydney operate on a local patient at the ANZAC Hospital.
(Date taken: 28 January 2005)
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(L-R) Lance Corporal Donna Firth, Captain Anthony Chambers and Lieutenant Colonel Charles New from the 1st Health Support Battalion Sydney operate on the leg of a local patient at the ANZAC Hospital who was injured in the Tsunami in Banda Aceh.
(Date taken: 28 January 2005)
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(L-R) Lance Corporal Donna Firth, Captain Anthony Chambers and Lieutenant Colonel Charles New from the 1st Health Support Battalion Sydney operate on the leg of a local patient at the ANZAC Hospital who was injured in the Tsunami in Banda Aceh.
(Date taken: 28 January 2005)
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(L-R) Captain David Innes and Major Richard Delbridge from the 1st Health Support Battalion Sydney change the bandages on a local child in the high dependency unit who was injured in the Tsunami in Banda Aceh while her father comforts her.
(Date taken: 28 January 2005)
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Lieutenant Joel Donkin from the 1st Health Support Battalion Sydney, holds baby Rahmi who was born to mother Rohana in the ANZAC Hospital on January 26, exactly one month after the devastating Tsunami in Banda Aceh. Lieutenant Joel Donkin has been a reservist for 22 years and works as a registered nurse at Westmead Hospital Intensive Care Unit. The hospital was very happy to release him for duties in Banda Aceh and he was deployed with 24 hours notice. He will be staying for the duration of the operation before returning to his normal civilian duties.
(Date taken: 28 January 2005)
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Captain Anthony Chambers from the 1st Health Support Battalion Sydney bandages the leg of a local patient in the ANZAC Hospital in Banda Aceh. Captain Chambers is a reservist with the Australian Army and has served for 10 years. In his civilian employment he is a Senior Registrar, General Surgery at St. Vincent’s hospital Sydney. He gave up the opportunity to conduct his Advanced Surgical Training exam after 20 years of hard work so he could provide expert assistance to the people of Banda Aceh. St. Vincent’s hospital was happy to release him for duties in Banda Aceh.
(Date taken: 28 January 2005)
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Captain Anthony Chambers from the 1st Health Support Battalion Sydney bandages the leg of a local patient in the ANZAC Hospital in Banda Aceh. Captain Chambers is a reservist with the Australian Army and has served for 10 years. In his civilian employment he is a Senior Registrar, General Surgery at St. Vincent’s hospital Sydney. He gave up the opportunity to conduct his Advanced Surgical Training exam after 20 years of hard work so he could provide expert assistance to the people of Banda Aceh. St. Vincent’s hospital was happy to release him for duties in Banda Aceh.
(Date taken: 28 January 2005)
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Captain Anthony Chambers from the 1st Health Support Battalion Sydney bandages the leg of a local patient in the ANZAC Hospital in Banda Aceh. Captain Chambers is a reservist with the Australian Army and has served for 10 years. In his civilian employment he is a Senior Registrar, General Surgery at St. Vincent’s hospital Sydney. He gave up the opportunity to conduct his Advanced Surgical Training exam after 20 years of hard work so he could provide expert assistance to the people of Banda Aceh. St. Vincent’s hospital was happy to release him for duties in Banda Aceh.
(Date taken: 28 January 2005)
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Lance Corporal Donna Firth (Operating Theatre Technician) from the 1st Health Support Battalion Sydney sterilises a local patient's wound with antiseptic before he is operated on in the ANZAC Hospital in Banda Aceh.
(Date taken: 28 January 2005)
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Lance Corporal Donna Firth (Operating Theatre Technician) from the 1st Health Support Battalion Sydney sterilises a local patient's wound with antiseptic before he is operated on in the ANZAC Hospital in Banda Aceh.
(Date taken: 28 January 2005)
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