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| Lee Tough - ILLAWARRA SAILOR SAYS “ALOHA” It’s a long way from Pearl Harbour in Hawaii to the Illawarra, and local sailor Lee Tough has travelled further than most to get there. Lee, an Able Seaman Electronic Technician in the Royal Australian Navy, is currently in Hawaii to participate in ExerciseRim of the Pacific (RIMPAC). (Date uploaded: 07 August 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Kate Greenwood - KATOOMBA SAILOR SAYS “ALOHA” Katoomba to Pearl Harbour in Hawaii is a long way, and local sailor Kate Greenwood has travelled further than most to get there. Kate, a Seaman Marine Technician in the Royal Australian Navy, is currently in Hawaii to participate in ExerciseRim of the Pacific (RIMPAC). (Date uploaded: 06 August 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Scott Jobson - Balgownie Man Keeps Wheels Turning Balgownie’s Private Scott Jobson, 20, is now based in the sticky and impoverished city of Dili, East Timor, where he is helping keep the Army’s fleet of vehicles on the road. (Date uploaded: 23 May 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Malcolm Costello, Alex Hoffenstz and Kirk Matson - Local Diggers Keep Timor Guns On Target Casula’s Malcom Costello and Wattlegrove’s Alex Hoffensetz and Kirk Mason are now a bit of a gunnery triple-act in the hot and sticky climate of Dili, Timor-Leste. (Date uploaded: 23 May 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Michael Davies - Sawtell Soldier is Desert Money Man Sawtell’s Captain Michael Davies, 40, is now on duty in southern Iraq. He is the Finance Officer for the 500-strong Australian Battle Group based at Tallil in Dhi Qar province. (Date uploaded: 20 May 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Ben Britton - WORTH THE EFFORT IN TIMOR-LESTE It’s a long way from Gymea Bay to the rugged beauty of Timor-Leste, but for former resident, Ben Britton, the journey’s been more than worthwhile. (Date uploaded: 20 May 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Corporal Darren Abercrombi - Wagga man's desert duty There is nothing in Wagga to compare to this place; in fact it makes Wagga Beach look like heaven on earth. Welcome to summer in the Middle East. (Date uploaded: 06 July 2007 - 01 images) |
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| Mark Arathoon - NEUTRAL BAY SOLDIER PLAYS PART IN TIMOR PEACE Local Neutral Bay soldier Mark Arathoon is four months into his tour of duty in Timor Leste as part of the Australian Government response to the Timorese Government request for assistance in restoring peace to their country. (Date uploaded: 13 August 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Rodney Auld - SINGLETON MUSICIAN LOUD AND LIVE IN DILI Singleton musician, Rodney Auld has returned from the experience of a lifetime - entertaining the troops of the International Security Force helping restore order in Timor Leste. (Date uploaded: 03 August 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Drew Baker - GRAFTON SOLDIER DOING HIS BIT FOR TIMOR-LESTE Local Grafton soldier Drew Baker has spent close to three months in the sweltering tropical heat of Timor-Leste and still has around three to go. He’s part of the Australian Government response to help restore peace in the country. (Date uploaded: 16 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Jason Beach - Killarney Vale’s Military Muso Killarney Vale’s Jason Beach, 37, is just back from his latest overseas trip. Now a Leading Seaman in the Navy, he’s been touring the Middle East with some of Australia’s most respected entertainers as part of the latest Forces entertainment tour to Iraq and Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 15 May 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Lieutenant Alex Bearse Burra’s Lieutenant Alex Bearse, 24, meets a local Iraqi family during a patrol through small remote villages of Dhi Qar province, southern Iraq. (Date uploaded: 10 April 2008 - 02 image) |
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| Jess Bingham - RANDWICK SOLDIER DOING HIS BIT FOR TIMOR-LESTE Local Randwick soldier, Jess Bingham, has spent close to two months in the sweltering tropical heat of Timor-Leste and still has around four months to go. He’s part of the Australian Government response to help restore peace in the country. (Date uploaded: 09 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Sergeant Tim Blad With Christmas around the corner, the amount of mail being sent to troops in the Middle East will more than triple, according to Postmaster Sergeant Tim Blad. (Date uploaded: 09 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Scott Broad - KEEPING THE PEACE IN TIMOR Former Bendigo boy and now Wagga resident Scott Broad is making a difference in Timor-Leste on Operation Astute, the Australian Government’s effort to help restore peace in our northern neighbour. (Date uploaded: 15 February 2008 - 01 image) |
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| CAPT Michael Brooke - FROM BONDI TO BABALYON Helping to keep the peace in the ‘cradle of civilisation’ is an exciting challenge for Michael Brooke of Bondi, who is an Army Reservist serving with the Overwatch Battle Group (West)-3 in southern Iraq. (Date uploaded: 12 September 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Thomas Brown - NAROOMA SOLDIER PLAYS PART IN TIMOR PEACE Local Narooma soldier Thomas Brown has already spent one month in the sweltering tropical heat of Timor Leste, and still has five months to go. He’s part of the Australian Government response to help restore peace to that country. (Date uploaded: 18 October 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Private Wayne Brown - Selfish… only when it comes to fishing 11 years on and Wayne Brown is still doing what he loves most, getting out and working hard. Although a qualified fitter machinist Wayne trained in Regional Force Surveillance as a patrolman at the Taylor Barracks in Karratha Western Australia in order to work part time as an Army Reservist. (Date uploaded: 08 October 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Eddard Buenaobra - Bexley’s Battle Group Soldier Bexley’s Eddard Buenaobra, 33, is now managing our Diggers’ transport in southern Iraq. Now promoted to Lance Corporal, he’s the Assistant Transport Supervisor for the Australian Battle Group at Camp Terendak, in Dhi Qar province. (Date uploaded: 10 April 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Tracy Burke - Singer Tracy’s Solomons Adventure Budgewoi’s Tracy Burke is just back from the Solomon Islands, where she has been entertaining Australian troops and police. They are part of the Australian-led Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands — RAMSI for short — and it was Tracy’s job to bring them a touch of home if only for a day or two. (Date uploaded: 02 November 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Adam Cambridge - Beating the Bombers Murwillumbah’s Lance Corporal Adam Cambridge, 23, prepares to step off on a night patrol in southern Iraq. (Date uploaded: 10 April 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Lambton Cameron - From Canberra to Flanders Fields One member of the Duntroon Military Band is on an unusual trip this week. Lambton Cameron- Taylor’s skill with the bagpipes has taken him to the far side of the world. (Date uploaded: 08 October 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Michael Chilby - SANCTUARY POINT SOLDIER PLAYS PART IN TIMOR PEACE Local Sanctuary Point soldier Michael Chilby is four months into his tour of duty in Timor Leste as part of the Australian Government response to the Timorese Government request for assistance in restoring peace to their country. (Date uploaded: 13 August 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Katrina Clarke - MP enamored by the locals Military Police Officer Captain Katrina Clarke is part of the Australian Reconstruction Task Force in Southern Afghanistan, but thinks the best part her dealings with the local people. (Date uploaded: 07 February 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Adam Cliff - WORTH THE EFFORT IN TIMOR It’s a long way from the streets of Mount Colah to the sweltering tropical heat of Timor-Leste, but for former resident Adam Cliff the journey’s been more than worthwhile. (Date uploaded: 31 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Matt Clow - WODONGA SOLDIER PLAYS PART IN TIMOR PEACE After four months in the sweltering tropical heat, local Albury soldier Matt Clow continues his work within the Military Police section in Timor Leste as part of the Australian Government response to the Timorese Government request for assistance in restoring peace to their country. (Date uploaded: 10 August 2007 - 01 image) |
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| MUSN Ben Cobden - NORMANHURST LOCAL IN TUNE WITH TIMOR PEACE EFFORT Normanhurst local Ben Cobden has spent the past three weeks in Timor Leste playing a crucial role supporting the goodwill campaign promoting the International Stabilisation Force (ISF) message of peace and prosperity across the island. (Date uploaded: 31 August 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Private Anthony Coleman - KEEPING THE PEACE IN THE CRADLE OF CIVILISATION Keeping the peace in the ‘cradle of civilisation' is an exciting challenge for Private Anthony Coleman, who is proudly doing his duty in southern Iraq. (Date uploaded: 07 September 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Luke Connery - Grounded in Afghanistan Some people build their career from the ground up. Robertson-man Luke Connery took his from the air to the ground and has landed in Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 21 February 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Duncan Cook - Broken Hill man in Afghanistan The open expanse of southern Afghanistan might remind Duncan Cook of his hometown of Broken Hill, but the similarities stop there. (Date uploaded: 21 February 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Anthony Cowling - A life in the day of SECDET XII A typical day starts with, servicing our vehicles, cleaning weapons and taking care of our personal space and the rest of the day is what ever we’re tasked to do. These can vary from cleaning and arranging stores at the mess to driving out into the red zone escorting the Australian Ambassador. (Date uploaded: 18 March 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Major Stuart Cree and Lieutenant Jennifer Stuart - Northern Beaches Pair in Afghanistan North Shore family friends Major Stuart Cree and Lieutenant Jennifer Stuart are both on duty in Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 27 April 2007 - 01 images) |
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| Corporal Ian 'Ritchie' Cunningham While millions of Australians were relaxing and enjoying the festive season, Ian 'Ritchie' Cunningham of Kings Langley, was among a dedicated group of Army Reservists contributing to maritime border security in northern Australia. (Date uploaded: 13 February 2007 - 01 image) |
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| FLGOFF John “Ted” Danson Royal Australian Air Force Flying Officer John “Ted” Danson, 22 from Coonabarabran in New South Wales, is a man who is passionate about his career. (Date uploaded: 12 September 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Craftsman Glenn Davies Griffith’s Glenn Davies, 26, conducts daily maintenance on the Mack Heavy Recovery Vehicle, in Tallil province, southern Iraq. Glen is now a Craftsman in the Army, and like Glenn and craftsmen like him work day and night ensuring the Australian Battle Group’s equipment is ready for combat. (Date uploaded: 10 April 2008 - 01 image) |
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| PTE Kyle Dawes - YOUNG SOLDIER IS DRIVEN TO SUCCESS Private Kyle Dawes is a soldier who’s decided he doesn’t want to spend any more time in the Army Reserve. (Date uploaded: 12 September 2007 - 01 image) |
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| James Dennis - MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN EAST TIMOR It’s a long way from the ocean breezes of Narrabeen to the sweltering tropical heat of Timor-Leste, but for former resident James Dennis the journey’s been more than worthwhile. (Date uploaded: 31 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Kerry Diemar - Preparing for Homecoming Diggers Port Stevens Sergeant Kerry Diemar is already gearing up for the pull-out of the Australian Battle Group in southern Iraq. (Date uploaded: 16 April 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Sergeant Pat Doherty Pat Doherty's mates haven't seen him at Penrith RSL club for a couple of months and they were beginning to wonder what happened to him. (Date uploaded: 12 February 2007 - 01 images) |
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| Alison Duxbury - Back from the Desert Life Homebush airwoman Alison Duxbury took to the desert like a one-woman sand storm. (Date uploaded: 16 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Flying Officer Ben Edwards - Coonabarabran’s combat eye on the sky In the shadow of a massive radar unit that sits on a manmade hill is a non-descript green shipping container which holds the secret to the air campaign over Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 13 August 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Jamie Ekin - Heading for Persian Gulf Duty Singleton sailor Jamie Ekin and his 184 shipmates are now getting pretty focused. They are aboard Navy frigate HMAS STUART and heading for six months’ duty in the Persian Gulf. (Date uploaded: 16 April 2008 - 01 image) |
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| GNR Lucas Elfverson - NARELLAN SOLDIER BRINGS PEACE TO DILI STREETS The hot, humid and impoverished streets of the Timor-Leste capital Dili are a long way from the Sydney outskirts of Narellan, but for Lucas Elfverson, they have become a familiar scene as he and his colleagues work hard to bring stability back to the troubled capital. (Date uploaded: 30 July 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Private Robert Ennew Former Wollongong University student Robert Ennew has only a few weeks remaining of his six-month deployment with the Army to Timor-Leste. (Date uploaded: 07 March 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Gavin Fisher - HOLSWORTHY SOLDIER PLAYS PART IN TIMOR PEACE Local Holsworthy soldier Gavin Fisher has now spent one month in the sweltering tropical heat of Timor Leste, and still has five months to go. He’s part of the Australian Government response to help restore peace to that country. (Date uploaded: 18 October 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Krystal Forscutt It could almost have been called a Tour de Forscutt - after an action packed eight days boosting the morale of the Aussie soldiers deployed to Timor-Leste, ZOO Magazine model Krystal Forscutt has recently returned to Australia. (Date uploaded: 15 February 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Mathew Frost - PORT STEPHENS SOLDIER PLAYS PART IN TIMOR PEACE Local Port Stephens soldier Mathew Frost has spent three months in the sweltering tropical heat of Timor Leste, and still has one month to go. He’s part of the Australian Government response to help restore peace to that country. (Date uploaded: 18 October 2007 - 01 image) |
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| David Galloway - New Lambton Soldier pays respects to War Dead These days local man David Galloway does most of his soldiering in the remote areas of the Top End. But this week he is on the other side of the world from his parents Roy and Maree and sister Kathryn back in New Lambton, on special duty in Belgium with 20 other Diggers from the 51st Battalion, The Far North Queensland Regiment (51 FNQR). (Date uploaded: 08 October 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Trevor Gardner - High flying Doc lands in Baghdad RAAF Reservist Wing Commander Trevor Gardner, 47, has taken four months leave from his job as an anaesthetist at Wollongong Hospital to take on the role of Senior Medical Officer for the Australian military forces deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 21 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Emma Garrett - LOCAL CAMDEN SOLDIER PLAYS PART IN TIMOR PEACE Local Camden soldier Emma Garrett has recently returned home after spending one month in the sweltering tropical heat of Timor Leste. She’s been part of the Australian Government response to help restore peace to that country. (Date uploaded: 18 October 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Christopher Ghalayini - PENRITH SOLDIER PLAYS PART IN TIMOR PEACE Local Penrith soldier Christopher Ghalayini is four months into is tour of duty in Timor Leste as part of the Australian Government response to the Timorese Government request for assistance in restoring peace to their country. (Date uploaded: 13 August 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Sergeant Steven Gibbs - Merimbula soldier Steven Gibbs helps save a mother and baby A call came in from Atauro Island, a newborn baby in critical condition. No local facilities or transport available - was there a way the military could help? Passing on the information led to military helicopters rescuing the child and mother and taking them to Dili hospital. (Date uploaded: 09 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| James Gilchrist James Gilchrist from Rockingham in Western Australia joined the Royal Australian Navy on the 26th November 2001. James did his initial training at HMAS Cerberus in Crib Point, Vic before specialising in Communication Information Systems at Watsonia Vic. (Date uploaded: 30 July 2007 - 02 images) |
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| Craftsman Joshua Gill Newcastle soldier Craftsman Joshua Gill, 26, installs new internal fittings to a Bushmaster infantry mobility vehicle at the Australian Battle group’s base camp in southern Iraq. (Date uploaded: 10 April 2008 - 01 image) |
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| LACW Kate Goddard Former Bathurst resident Kate Goddard is now half a world away, on operations with the Australian Defence Force in the Middle-East. (Date uploaded: 03 August 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Sapper Ian Goremyn - DURAL SOLDIER PLAYS PART IN TIMOR PEACE After five months in the sweltering tropical heat, local Dural soldier Ian Goremyn continues his work as an engineer throughout Timor Leste as part of the Australian Government response to the Timorese Government request for assistance in restoring peace to their country. (Date uploaded: 03 August 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Tennille Grady - Wellington’s Grady Navy Wellington’s Tennille Grady joined the Navy in February 2006 and she’s already seeing the world. (Date uploaded: 18 October 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Megan Grant - KEEPING THE PEACE IN TIMOR The humid, impoverished streets of Dili are a world away from her old home town’s jacarandas and graceful old buildings, but for former Grafton resident Megan Grant the island nation of Timor-Leste has been home for the last few months. (Date uploaded: 07 March 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Anne-Marie Green - NEWCASTLE REGION’S LATEST GAP YEAR RECRUIT MARCHES OUT OF KAPOOKA Maitland Hunter Valley local, Private Anne-Marie Green, has achieved the first milestone on her way to a career in the Army as an Ordnance Corps Admin Clerk. (Date uploaded: 04 April 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Corporal Tony Green When Tony Green got a last-minute call to deploy to Afghanistan, he jumped at the opportunity. (Date uploaded: 04 December 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Shane Griffin - ALBURY SOLDIER PLAYS PART IN TIMOR PEACE Local Albury soldier Shane Griffin has spent just one month in the sweltering tropical heat of Timor Leste, and he’s still got five more to go. He’s part of the Australian contingent requested by the Timorese Government to help restore peace to their country. (Date uploaded: 11 October 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Daniel Grono - COFFS HARBOUR SOLDIER PLAYS PART IN TIMOR PEACE After four months in the sweltering tropical heat, local Albury soldier Matt Clow continues his work within the Military Police section in Timor Leste as part of the Australian Government response to the Timorese Government request for assistance in restoring peace to their country. (Date uploaded: 13 August 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Cameron Gulliford - PORT MACQUARIE SOLDIER DOING HIS BIT FOR TIMOR LESTE Local Port Macquarie soldier, Cameron Gulliford, has spent close to two months in the sweltering tropical heat of Timor Leste and still has around four months to go. He’s part of the Australian Government response to help restore peace throughout the country. (Date uploaded: 09 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Matthew Gustowski - Wagga Digger Begins Big Iraq Pack-Up In southern Iraq, River Ridge’s Sergeant Matthew Gustowski, 26, is now finalising the stock-take as the Australian Battle Group prepares to come home in the middle of the year. (Date uploaded: 15 May 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Mark Ham - Cams Wharf Muso Back From Middle East Tour Cams Wharf’s Mark Ham, 38, has just returned from a Forces entertainment tour of Iraq. (Date uploaded: 15 May 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Melissa Harries - TAMWORTH SOLDIER BACK FROM TIMOR Tamworth’s Melissa Harries has recently returned home after spending nearly one month in the sweltering tropical heat of Timor Leste. She’s part of the Australian Government response to help restore peace to that country. (Date uploaded: 18 October 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Private Brendan Harris While millions of Australians were relaxing and enjoying the festive season, Brendan Harris of Nowra was among a dedicated group of Army Reservists contributing to maritime border security in northern Australia. (Date uploaded: 13 February 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Tristan Harris - Quick-Acting Medic Gets US Commendation Nowra’s Navy medic Tristan Harris has just been awarded a US Navy Commanding Officers commendation in the Persian Gulf. (Date uploaded: 16 April 2008 - 01 image) |
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| WO2 Dion Hawkett - COFFS HARBOUR SOLDIER PLAYS PART IN TIMOR PEACE After more than four months in the sweltering tropical heat, local Coffs Harbour soldier Dion Hawkett continues his mission in Timor Leste, as part of the Australian Government response to the Timorese Government request for assistance in restoring peace to their country. (Date uploaded: 31 August 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Richard Henderson - SMITHFIELD SOLDIER PLAYS PART IN TIMOR PEACE Local Smithfield soldier Richard Henderson has already spent one month in the sweltering tropical heat of Timor Leste, and he still has five months to go. He’s part of the Australian Government response to help restore peace to that country. (Date uploaded: 18 October 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Sonya Henderson - Solomons Adventure for Sonya Croydon Park’s Sonya Henderson is just back from the Solomon Islands, where she has been entertaining Australian troops and police who are part of the Australian-led Regional Assistance Mission. It was Sonya’s job to bring them a touch of home — if only for a day or two. (Date uploaded: 02 November 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Gerard Hodges - Have Uniform, Will Travel For Parkes lad Gerard Hodges life in the Air Force has meant commemorating Anzac Day all over the country. But this year he was even further away that usual — on operations in southern Afghanistan, and surrounded by Australian soldiers. (Date uploaded: 01 May 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Mary-Anne Holland - SINGLETON SOLDIER PLAYS PART IN TIMOR PEACE Local Singleton soldier Mary-Anne Holland has spent one month in the sweltering tropical heat of Timor Leste, and still has five months to go. She’s part of the Australian Government response to help restore peace to that country. (Date uploaded: 18 October 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Daniel Hurst - LOCAL SERVING IN THE MIDDLE EAST Lisarow's Daniel Hurst is now half a world away on patrol in the Persian Gulf. The 23 year old former Lisarow High School student and Pirates Baseball Club player joined the Royal Australian Navy 5 years ago as an Electronics Technician. (Date uploaded: 14 May 2007 - 02 images) |
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| Nikki Ison - Bathurst Sailor Heads For the Persian Gulf Only two years ago Nikki Ison was at Bathhurst High School. Now she and her 184 Navy shipmates are getting very focused indeed — they are aboard HMAS STUART and heading for six months duty in the Persian Gulf. (Date uploaded: 16 April 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Clinton Jones - Beating the Bombers Tweed Heads soldier Private Clinton Jones, 23, prepares to step off on a night patrol in southern Iraq. (Date uploaded: 10 April 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Captain Corinne Jones The Prime Minister meets Captains Corinne and Nevil Jones. (Date uploaded: 26 April 2007 - 02 images) |
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| Private James Jones - EAST MAITLAND SOLDIER DOING HIS BIT FOR TIMOR LESTE Local East Maitland soldier James Jones has spent around two months in the sweltering tropical heat of Timor Leste and still has around four months to go. He’s part of the Australian Government response to help restore peace in the country. (Date uploaded: 09 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Luke Jones - LOCKHART SOLDIER PLAYS PART IN TIMOR PEACE Local Lockhart soldier Luke Jones has spent one month in the sweltering tropical heat of Timor Leste, and still has five months to go. He’s part of the Australian Government response to help restore peace to that country. (Date uploaded: 18 October 2007 - 01 image) |
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| CPL LEAH KARSZNIEWICZ In my current position, I spend most of my time working with aircrew. I have spent a lot of time analysing wet based film from the F-111. We also work with maps (digital and hardcopy) and assist in mission planning, including briefing and debriefing . We spend most of our time looking at the world from an aerial perspective. (Date uploaded: 31 August 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Kenneth Katon - Eugowra Man Heads For Persian Gulf Duty Eugowra’s Kenneth Katon and his 184 shipmates are getting pretty focused. They are now aboard HMAS STUART and heading for six months duty in the Persian Gulf. A key job will be guarding Iraq’s giant oil terminals, which bring in over 80% of the country’s income. They will also be hunting down contraband runners. (Date uploaded: 16 April 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Craig Keygan - LOCAL SERVING IN THE MIDDLE EAST Former Coffs Harbour resident Craig Keygan is now half a world away on patrol in the North Arabian Gulf. The former John Paul College and Toormina High School student is serving as a Steward onboard the Royal Australian Navy Frigate HMAS TOOWOOMBA. (Date uploaded: 14 May 2007 - 01 images) |
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| John Kater - LAKEMBA MUSICIAN LOUD AND LIVE IN DILI Lakemba musician, John Kater has returned from the experience of a lifetime - entertaining the troops of the International Security Force helping restore order in Timor Leste. (Date uploaded: 03 August 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Steven Lack - TOP MARKSMAN: ALBURY GAP YEAR RECRUIT WINS BEST SHOT Former James Fallon High student, Private Steven Lack, has been awarded the title of best shot from his platoon upon completion of his first step to becoming an Infantry Rifleman with the Army. (Date uploaded: 04 April 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Brad Lahey - FIELD OF DREAMS Hammondville sailor Brad Lahey works hard in the Navy, and now he’s working hard to secure funding for new playing fields in his suburb. (Date uploaded: 02 November 2007 - 01 image) |
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| CRAFTSMAN WAYNE LONG - LOCAL SOLDIER MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN EAST TIMOR The hot, humid and impoverished streets of Dili, East Timor , are a long way from Gilgandra in outback News South Wales, but for Wayne Long they have been home for the past five months as he and his colleagues have worked hard to bring stability back to the troubled capital. (Date uploaded: 26 April 2007 - 01 images) |
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| Peter Loudon - ALBURY SAILOR CAPTURES THE TIMOR IMAGE Local Albury sailor Peter Loudon has spent just two months in the sweltering tropical heat of Timor Leste, and still has four more to go. He’s part of the Australian contingent requested to help restore peace to that country. (Date uploaded: 11 October 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Toby Loveday - NOWRA SOLDIER DOING HIS BIT FOR TIMOR LESTE Local Nowra soldier, Toby Loveday, has spent close to two months in the sweltering tropical heat of Timor Leste and still has around four months to go. He’s part of the Australian Government response to help restore peace throughout the country. (Date uploaded: 09 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Victor Lucas - A Special ANZAC Day This year Albury’s own son, Victor Lucas will proudly parade at an ANZAC day ceremony in France. (Date uploaded: 28 April 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Private Scott MacLachlan Deploying on operations to the Middle East might seem dangerous to some, but for Scott MacLachlan, it might actually be safer than being at home. (Date uploaded: 09 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Andrew Marsh - Soldier’s Pilgrimage to Flanders Fields This week Ingleburn man Andrew Marsh will be on the other side of the globe from the home of his parents John and Carmen. (Date uploaded: 08 October 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Greg McCauley - Campbelltown’s Showbiz Colonel Bids Farewell For Campbelltown’s Greg McCauley the task of escorting some of Australia’s most respected performers into war zones has just been part of the job. (Date uploaded: 15 May 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Elisha McCrea - KEEPING THE PEACE IN TIMOR It’s a long way from Wagga to the sweltering tropical heat of Dili in Timor-Leste, but for former Mt Austin High School student Elisha McCrea the journey’s been worth the effort. (Date uploaded: 07 March 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Lieutenant-Colonel Jock McDonagh Growing up with a father in the Army, there are not many places in Australia that Jock McDonagh hasn’t called home. (Date uploaded: 07 March 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Sapper Lyndon McDonald - Digger keeps his eye on Coota Lyndon McDonald is a Coota man through and through. Thanks to his parents and sister, who mail him the Herald via the Defence postal system, McDonald can keep up to date with Cootamundra events while he serves with Reconstruction Task Force Three in Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 09 January 2008 - 02 image) |
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| Pat McErlean - GRAFTON SOLDIER PLAYS PART IN TIMOR PEACE Local Grafton soldier Pat McErlean has spent one month in the sweltering tropical heat of Timor Leste, and still has five months to go. He’s part of the Australian Government response to help restore peace to that country. (Date uploaded: 18 October 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Solomon Hanks and James McIntyre - Over To You Mates Armidale soldiers Trooper Solomon Hanks and Trooper James McIntyre show Private Hussan Hadi and Private Mohammed Jaber, of the retrained Iraqi Army, over their Australian-designed and built Bushmaster infantry mobility vehicle. (Date uploaded: 01 May 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Derek McNabb - A proud contribution Griffith’s Derek McNabb is proud to be serving his country in war-torn Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 08 October 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Clinton Meacham - WORTH THE EFFORT IN TIMOR It’s a long way from the folks’ place near Inverell to the humid and impoverished streets of Timor-Leste, but for Clinton Meacham the journey’s been more than worthwhile. (Date uploaded: 31 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Craig Mercer - COFFS HARBOUR SOLDIER DOING HIS BIT FOR TIMOR-LESTE Local Coffs Harbour soldier, Craig Mercer, has spent close to two months in the sweltering tropical heat of Timor-Leste and still has around four months to go. He’s part of the Australian Government response to help restore peace in the country. (Date uploaded: 09 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Signaller Jessica Moffitt - DAPTO SOLDIER PLAYS PART IN TIMOR PEACE After four months in the sweltering tropical heat, local Dapto soldier Jessica Moffitt (nee Jobling) continues her mission in Timor-Leste, as part of the Australian Government response to the Timorese Government request for assistance in restoring peace to their country. (Date uploaded: 31 July 2007 - 02 images) |
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| Nathan Mohr - Digger Patrolling Beats the Bombers Albury’s Private Nathan Mohr, 21, manning the MAG 58 machine gun mounted on an Bushmaster vehicle during a night patrol. (Date uploaded: 10 April 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Thomasi Navusolo - Glenwood Man gets Iraqis in step Glenwood’s Sergeant Thomasi Navusolo celebrates his 39th birthday in southern Iraq by helping the Iraqi Instructors with marching lessons in Iraq. (Date uploaded: 10 April 2008 - 04 image) |
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| WO Brett Neale - IN THE CRADLE OF CIVILISATION Helping to keep the peace in the ‘cradle of civilisation' is an exciting challenge for Warrant Officer Brett Neale, of Wollongong, NSW, who recently deployed to southern Iraq with the Overwatch Battle Group (West)-3. (Date uploaded: 31 August 2007 - 01 image) |
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| David Nichols - BEGA SOLDIER DOING HIS BIT FOR TIMOR LESTE Local Bega soldier, David Nichols, has spent close to two months in the sweltering tropical heat of Timor Leste and still has close to four months to go. He’s part of the Australian Government response to help restore peace in the country. (Date uploaded: 09 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Corporal Jacob Guelen-Oates Newcastle airman Jacob Guelen-Oates said he would soon be trading airfield security in the Middle East for dirty nappies and late nights. (Date uploaded: 09 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Sean O'Rourke - Train Hard, Fight Easy Nelson Bay’s Corporal Sean O'Rourke, 30, assists Flight Sergeant Rod Amos, 44, of Regency Downs, QLD out of the heavy number Nine bomb disposal suit following an improvised explosive device exercise at the Australian Air Force Base in the Middle East. (Date uploaded: 01 May 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Chaplain Jim Pearson - From Base Hospital to Belgium Uniting Church Chaplain Jim Pearson usually spends most of his time between Cairns Base Hospital and Cairns Private Hospital, but this week he’s on a mission with a difference. As an army chaplain Major in the reserves, Jim is in Belgium along with soldiers from 51st Battalion, the Far North Queensland Regiment (51 FNQR). (Date uploaded: 08 October 2007 - 01 image) |
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| CAPT Thomas Peloe - MACKSVILLE SOLDIER BRINGS PEACE TO DILI STREETS The hot, humid and impoverished streets of the Timor-Leste capital Dili are a long way from the coastal waters of Macksville, but for Thomas Peloe they have become a familiar scene as he and his colleagues work hard to bring stability back to the troubled capital. (Date uploaded: 31 July 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Cameron Pietsch - Tablelands Man in War Grave Pilgrimage This week Tableland’s Cameron Pietsch will be in his Army Reserve uniform and on the other side of the world. (Date uploaded: 08 October 2007 - 02 image) |
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| PTE Josh Pomeroy - KEEPING THE PEACE IN THE CRADLE OF CIVILISATION Keeping the peace in the ‘cradle of civilisation' is an exciting experience for Camden 's Josh Pomeroy who is a soldier helping to keep the peace in southern Iraq. (Date uploaded: 31 August 2007 - 01 image) |
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| LTCOL Phil Swinsburg and CAPT Craig Potter - Chatswood Boys in Afghanistan Former Chatswood High School friends Lieutenant Colonel Phil Swinsburg and Chaplain the Reverend Craig Potter have found themselves working together in Afghanistan, twenty three years after leaving school. (Date uploaded: 12 September 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Sergeant Sosefo (Sef) Puliuvea - SOLOMONS TOUR FOR LOCAL RESERVE SOLDIER Sergeant Sosefo (Sef) Puliuvea, a Civilian Military Liaison with the Australian Army Reserves, stands with a member of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF). Sef will perform a liaison role with both the local Solomon Islanders and the PNGDF whilst on Operation Anode. (Date uploaded: 10 May 2007 - 01 images) |
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| WO2 Stephen Quirk - FINLEY SOLDIER PLAYS PART IN TIMOR PEACE After 15 years in the Army, local Finley soldier Stephen Quirk continues to offer his expertise on weapons, vehicles and military equipment and is currently providing this service to deployed forces on operations in Timor-Leste. (Date uploaded: 31 July 2007 - 01 image) |
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| CPL Craig Rees Novocastrian, Corporal Craig Rees has left his hometown in the Hunter for the experience of a lifetime in the Middle East. He is currently serving as a member of the Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion detachment. (Date uploaded: 13 February 2007 - 01 image) |
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| CAIN REVELL - PROTECTING ENGINEERS IN AFGHANISTAN Cronulla's Cain Revel is now heading home from Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 27 April 2007 - 01 images) |
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| Zac Robinson - A TIMOR EXPERIENCE Former Tomaree High School student Zac Robinson joined the Army to do something different with his working life, to explore different cultures and to travel. Ten months after that decision 18 year-old Private Robinson is in Timor-Leste on Operation Astute, the Australian Government’s effort to help restore peace in our troubled northern neighbour. (Date uploaded: 07 March 2008 - 01 image) |
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| MAJ Sean Rose - MOUNT KURING-GAI (SYDNEY) SOLDIER PLAYS PART IN TIMOR PEACE After 28 years serving as a reservist in the Army, local Mount Kuring-gai soldier Sean Rose has ventured on his first operational deployment to Timor-Leste. (Date uploaded: 12 September 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Adrian Ross - DENILIQUIN MUSICIAN LOUD AND LIVE IN DILI Deniliquin musician, Adrian Ross, has returned from the experience of a lifetime - entertaining the troops of the International Security Force helping restore order in Timor Leste. (Date uploaded: 03 August 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Gavin Rudrum - BOTANY SOLDIER PLAYS PART IN TIMOR PEACE Botany soldier Gavin Rudrum has already spent three months in the sweltering tropical heat of Timor Leste, and he’s still got almost three months to go. He’s part of our Government’s response to help to restore peace to that country. (Date uploaded: 11 October 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Amy Ryan - Grafton Girl’s Gulf Adventure Grafton’s Amy Ryan and her 184 shipmates are now getting pretty focused. They are aboard HMAS STUART and heading for a six-month tour of duty in the Persian Gulf. (Date uploaded: 16 April 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Andrew Hawke, Aaron Nye, Matt Ransom and Chris Ryan - Canberra Marist Old Boys reunite! A surprise reunion of four of our ‘old boys’ occurred recently during the recent journey of the World Youth Day Cross and Icon in HMAS Broome. (Date uploaded: 18 October 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Marcus Salone - Singer Tracy’s Solomons Adventure Revesby’s Marcus Salone is just back from the Solomon Islands, where he has been entertaining Australian troops and police who are part of the Australian-led Regional Assistance Mission. (Date uploaded: 02 November 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Joseph Seymour - Life with SECDET XII Currently I’m deployed on Security Detachment 12 (SECDET XII) in Iraq with the rest of my Troop (Tp) from 2/14 Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry) from Queensland as well as 6th Battalion RAR from Queensland which includes some guys from around Tamworth and the Hunter Valley area. We have been here since September 2007 when we relieved SECDET XI which had Pete Legg and Brett Pascoe who are also ex 12/16 Hunter River Lancers (HRL) from Armidale and Tamworth respectively. (Date uploaded: 26 March 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Kim Shearer - WAGGA WAGGA SOLDIER PLAYS PART IN TIMOR PEACE Local Wagga Wagga soldier Kim Shearer is four months into her tour of duty in Timor Leste as part of the Australian Government response to the Timorese Government request for assistance in restoring peace to their country. (Date uploaded: 13 August 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Silver City Boys in Southern Iraq (L-R) Former Broken Hill boys Captain Paul Manoel, Private Jason Crossing, Corporal John Halpin and Warrant Officer Class Two Anthony Dannatt at Australia's Camp Terendak in southern Iraq. (Date uploaded: 23 April 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Phil Slade - PARKES MUSICIAN LOUD AND LIVE IN DILI Former Parkes musician, Phil Slade, has returned from the experience of a lifetime - entertaining the troops of the International Security Force helping restore order in Timor Leste. (Date uploaded: 03 August 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Shane Slattery - TIMOR ANZAC Sergeant Shane Slattery is way too modest to say so himself, but his ANZAC credentials are impeccable. (Date uploaded: 07 March 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Corporal Lance Smolders In southern Iraq, Narrabri’s Corporal Lance Smolders, 25, ensures all his section and their equipment are ready for the night patrol ahead. (Date uploaded: 10 April 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Michael Snushall - Port Stephens, NSW Anna Bay resident Michael Snushall is now half a world away, on operations with the Australian Defence Force in the Middle-East. |
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| Tom Squires - ORANGE SOLDIER DOING HIS BIT FOR TIMOR LESTE Local Orange soldier Tom Squires has spent close to two months in the sweltering tropical heat of Timor Leste and still has around four months to go. He’s part of the Australian Government response to help restore peace to that country. (Date uploaded: 09 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| LS Byron Steele Variety has been the spice of life for former Wagga resident and naval air technician Byron Steele. (Date uploaded: 09 January 2008 - 03 image) |
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| Lieutenant Mitchel Stemp - Helping Out in Southern Iraq Lieutenant Mitchel Stemp at the Iraqi Army barracks near Al Garraf in southern Iraq. (Date uploaded: 26 April 2007 - 01 images) |
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| Major Stuart Cree and Lieutenant Jennifer Stuart - Northern Beaches Pair in Afghanistan North Shore family friends Major Stuart Cree and Lieutenant Jennifer Stuart are both on duty in Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 27 April 2007 - 01 images) |
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| Joseph Tampus - WAGGA WAGGA SOLDIER DOING HIS BIT FOR TIMOR LESTE Local Wagga Wagga soldier Joseph Tampus has spent around one month in the sweltering tropical heat of Timor Leste and still has close to five months to go. He’s part of the Australian Government response to help restore peace to that country. (Date uploaded: 09 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Seaman Cook Allysa Taylor Seaman Cook Allysa Taylor in the Main Galley at HMAS STIRLING, Western Australia. (Date uploaded: 30 July 2007 - 01 images) |
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| CPL Clint Thomas For Royal Australian Air Force Corporal Clint Thomas from Foster in New South Wales, flying on a Boeing 707 tanker aircraft is far better than being stuck in an the office. (Date uploaded: 12 September 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Chris Linch, Derek Whittaker, and Daniel Thompson - Over to You Mates Tamworth’s Lance Corporal Chris Linch, 41, Trooper Derek Whittaker, 24, and Lance Corporal Daniel Thompson, 21, chat with Iraqi recruits at Camp UR, in Dhi Qar province, southern Iraq. (Date uploaded: 01 May 2008 - 01 image) |
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| PRIVATE BRENT THOMPSON - FROM 57 DEGREES TO MINUS 15 Local soldier Private Brent Thompson has finally found somewhere colder than Wagga. (Date uploaded: 27 April 2007 - 01 images) |
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| Regan Tippett - Warren, Western NSW Warren local Regan Tippett is now half a world away, on operations with the Australian Defence Force in the Middle-East. (Date uploaded: 03 August 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Ray Towns - Tamworth Digger does Australia proud Aussie Diggers in Southern Afghanistan have former Tamworth man Private Ray Towns to thank for trouble-free motoring. Serving with the Australian Reconstruction Task Force, Ray is responsible for making sure Australian vehicles have the parts needed to keep them on the road. (Date uploaded: 07 February 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Sergeant Steve Trudgett While singlets and thongs will be all the rage over Christmas, troops serving in the Middle East will be needing to rug up. Sergeant Steve Trudgett, a warehouse supervisor deployed to the Middle East Area of Operations, said supplying diggers with the right equipment was his priority. (Date uploaded: 10 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Brendan Vasey - GRAFTON SOLDIER DOING HIS BIT FOR TIMOR LESTE Local Grafton soldier Brendan Vasey has spent more than a month in the sweltering tropical heat of Timor Leste. He’s part of the Australian Government response to help restore peace to that country. (Date uploaded: 09 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| CAPT Charles Vesely - HAWKESBURY SOLDIER PLAYS PART IN TIMOR PEACE After one month in the sweltering tropical heat, local Hawkesbury soldier Charles Vesely continues his mission in Timor-Leste, as part of the Australian Government response to the Timorese Government request for assistance in restoring peace to their country. (Date uploaded: 31 July 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Glen Watson - CRONULLA LOCAL SERVING IN TIMOR It’s a world away from the family, Cronulla and the surf, but for Army Reservist Glen Watson the swelteringly humid streets of Dili in Timor-Leste will be home for the next few months. (Date uploaded: 07 March 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Timothy Webb - LOCAL SERVING IN THE MIDDLE EAST Broken Hill's Timothy Webb, son of Susan and Kerry, is now half a world away on patrol in the North Arabian Gulf . The former Willyama High School student and Redsox Baseball Club player is serving as a Chef onboard the Royal Australian Navy Frigate HMAS TOOWOOMBA. (Date uploaded: 06 June 2007 - 01 images) |
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| Dan Westcott - DAN’S TRAINING PAYS OFF It’s a long way from the streets of Robertson to the sweltering tropical heat of Timor-Leste, but for Dan Westcott the journey’s been more than worthwhile. (Date uploaded: 31 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| ABCD James Williams Able Seaman Clearance Diver James Williams, 26 from Curl Curl in New South Wales, is performing a very important task as the city of Sydney gets prepared for the biggest international event since the Olympics. (Date uploaded: 12 September 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Private Stewart Wilson While millions of Australians were relaxing and enjoying the Festive Season, Stewart Wilson of Hay in country New South Wales was among a dedicated group of Army Reservists contributing to maritime border security in northern Australia. (Date uploaded: 13 February 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Major Peter Woodward While millions of Australians were relaxing and enjoying the festive season, Peter Woodward of North Sydney was among a group of Army Reservists contributing to maritime border security in northern Australia. (Date uploaded: 13 February 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Private Lukas Woolley Karvah soldier Private Lukas Woolley, 19, on duty at a vehicle checkpoint in southern Iraq. Lukas and his patrol are conducting snap checks to observe, inspect and screen vehicles on the troubled main supply route to Basrah on the Persian Gulf. (Date uploaded: 10 April 2008 - 02 image) |
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| Private Andrew Wynne - Making a Difference in Southern Iraq Private Andrew Wynne at an Iraqi Army barracks in the Al Muthanna province. (Date uploaded: 23 April 2007 - 02 images) |
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