Warfare East Timor (Timor-Leste) International Force East Timor (INTERFET) & Follow-on Operations

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A combined Australian Defence Force (ADF) and New Zealand Defence Force Quick Reaction Force serving with the ANZAC Battle Group, patrol near Dili

 

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(Aug. 30, 2006). An Australian Army Black Hawk helicopters from B Squadron 5th Aviation Regiment, practice touch and goes aboard Military Sealift Command (MSC) hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19).

 

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New Zealand National Command in Timor - Leste occupied their new quarters in Phoenix Barracks, Dili. A traditional Maori ceremony, complete with challenge and tapu service was conducted.

Lance Corporal Sam Ottley (Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment) maintains security as the Australian soldiers leave the compound

 

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HMAS Balikpapan under way off the coast of Dili, Timor-Leste, during Operation Astute.

HMAS BALIKPAPAN sails into the Port of Dili, Timor-Leste, to off-load a Mack truck and 20 tonne trailer during Operation Astute.

HMAS BALIKPAPAN (R) approaches HMAS TOBRUK to conduct a Stern Door Marriage in the harbour of Dili

 

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Quick Reaction Force patrol manned by the Australian and New Zealand Defence Force elements serving in Dili, Timor-Leste.

 

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In September 1999, the portuguese frigate Vasco da Gama left Lisbon to join the INTERFET
Here António Guterres, then PM of Portugal adresses the crew before the ship's departure

The Lynx in Timor

Sir Peter Cosgrove, Interfet commander, visits the Vasco da Gama

Crew members with the locals

 

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In January 2000 the veteran frigate Hermenegildo Capelo also went to Timor

 

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6RAR 2000

 

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14 OCT 1999 - 5/7 RAR, SUPPORT COMPANY, MOVES IN WITH ITS ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIERS (APCs) TO SECURE THE TOWN OF LIQUICA AMID RUMOURS THAT MILITIA FORCES ARE IN THE AREA.

Australian Major General Peter Cosgrove (R) commander of the International peacekeeping force in East Timor, welcomes Brazilian troops as they arrive at the Dili airport 03 September 1999. A few dozen Brazilian police arrived in East Timor to join the more than 6,000 international peacekeepers participating in Operation Stabilize. AFP PHOTO/Bob O'Donahoo/Australian Defense Force, Pool (Photo by various sources / AFP) (Photo by -/AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)