Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20 Archives - Page 8 of 10

The 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment convoy departs Lavarack Barracks, Townsville, on the first leg of a long drive to Victoria. 3rd Brigade photo.

Engineers from Townsville and PNG headed south

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A large convoy of equipment and personnel from the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment departed Townsville this morning bound for the fire zones in Victoria.

ADF medical personnel board a Singaporean Chinook at RAAF Base East Sale for a ferry flight to Mallacoota. Singapore Armed Forces photo.

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Singaporean Chooks join the fight from East Sale

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Two Singapore Armed Forces CH-47 Chinooks have deployed to RAAF Base East Sale to support bushfire operations in Victoria.

Soldiers from the 7th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, move a bale of hay for livestock delivered by an Australian Army CH-47F Chinook near Jackson’s Crossing, Victoria: Photo by Private Michael Currie.

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Op Bushfire Assist 11 January UPDATE

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Daily operations update 11 January 2020 by Major General Jake Ellwood CAPTION: Soldiers from the 7th Battalion, the Royal Australian

Bulldozer operator Leading Aircraftswoman Natasha Radford uses a JD 850J bulldozer to build a fire containment line at Bando Forest near Tumut to help protect remaining commercial timber essential to the economic viability of the region. Photo by Major Cameron Jamieson.

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RAAF blading a trail to save Tumut

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They may be a small team of Air Force plant operators and tradies but No. 65 Squadron’s capability is as mighty

Sapper Tim Daniels, right, discusses with Sapper Aemon Kelly the best way of cross-cutting a fallen tree blocking Commission Road in Wollemi National Park south of Bulga, NSW. Photo by Major Cameron Jamieson.

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Engineers meet ex-soldier who nearly didn’t survive the bushfires

11/01/202011/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1970 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

A composite troop of Army Reserve engineers is using bulldozers, chainsaws and plenty of muscle to help clear roads affected by bushfire in the Hunter Valley.

Signallers from 109th Signal Squadron ready to board the 'Prospector' for Kalgoorlie. 13th Brigade photo.

Australian Australian Army News Operations

Signallers deploy on ‘Prospector’ train to Goldfields fire

10/01/202010/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4044 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Signallers from 109th Signal Squadron have deployed to Kalgoorlie by train to set-up long-range communication links along the main road route from WA.

Corporal Michael Russ from the 1st Armoured Regiment moves in a convoy of ASLAVs tasked to support South Australia Water on Kangaroo Island. Photo by Corporal Tristan Kennedy.

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Expanded effort to defend Kangaroo Island

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The Australian Defence Force is expanding its efforts to defend Kangaroo Island in support of emergency services and the community.

Lieutenant Matt Urquhart from HMAS Albatross fights a fire on the New South Wales south coast as a member of the NSW Rural Fire Service, during the 2019-20 Australian bushfire crisis.

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Navy sailors and officers fighting bushfires

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A desire to set a good example for his children has driven more than one Navy officer to tackle the bushfires head on as volunteer firefighters.

Australian Army soldiers from the 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, move on foot into the isolated community of Gipsy Point, north-west of Mallacoota, Victoria, to provide health support. Photo by Major Gavin Cole.

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Op Bushfire Assist 10 January UPDATE

10/01/202011/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2449 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Operation Bushfire Assist 10-20 is currently the Australian Defence Force’s main effort, with several thousand full-time and reserve personnel providing direct support.

Leading Seaman Medic Abbey-Rose Yeoman and Red Cross volunteers fill out evacuation registration forms for the Mallacoota residents. Photo by Leading Seaman Shane Cameron.

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Choules’ evacuees comforted by multi-agency support

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For evacuees on board HMAS Choules, the journey was made easier by the presence of people from other agencies who helped the ship’s company look after them.

Private Brodie Scott is thrilled to be home in Mallacoota to help her community after the devastating fires. By Pilot Officer Brent Moloney.

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Tears flow for Army driver reunited with parents in Mallacoota

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Tears flowed for one Aussie soldier reunited with her parents in Mallacoota when she choppered as a ‘called-out’ Army Reservist on Operation Bushfire Assist

Royal Navy Pilot Lieutenant Commander Nick Grimmer in an 808 Squadron MRH90 Taipan helicopter over the Grose Valley bushfire in the Blue Mountains National Park. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Brett Kennedy.

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British Navy pilot sees Australian bushfire action

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A Royal Navy helicopter pilot on exchange has helped save countless lives from the apocalyptic bushfires devastating Australia.

The Bragg family celebrate Tiffany's 12th birthday with their new Navy friends at the HMAS Harman bushfires evacuation centre.Photo by Lieutenant Ben Robson.

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Navy helps girl celebrate 12th birthday in evacuation centre

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The candles on bushfire-evacuee Tiffany Bragg’s birthday cake have shed a little light onto a special day – even if in a temporary home called HMAS Harman.

An LCM8 transits from HMAS Choules to HMAS Cerberus to disembark evacuees from Mallacoota during Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20 as the ship takes on supplies via the ship's MRH-90 helicopter. Photo by Petty Officer Helen Frank.

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Second evacuation by “Mallacoota Ferry” complete

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HMAS Choules – now affectionately known as the “Mallacoota Ferry” – has conducted a second evacuation from Mallacoota in Victoria’s East Gippsland region.

Australian Army veterinarian Captain Garnett Hall (left), Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park owner Dana Mitchell and Private Alexie Tarasov from the 10th/27th Battalion, Royal South Australia Regiment, bandage one of many koalas that suffered burns at the park during the bushfires. Photo by Corporal Tristan Kennedy.

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Perth veterinarian with Army Reserve on Kangaroo Island

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Perth veterinarian and Army Reserve infantry officer Captain Garnett Hall is treating injured wildlife during the bushfire recovery on Kangaroo Island.

Corporal Dan Conelly, an Army Reservist from 3rd Field Squadron, 10th/27th Battalion, Royal South Australia Regiment, works to remove a burnt tree from a farm’s access road on Kangaroo Island. Photo by Corporal Tristan Kennedy.

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Big push in bushfire recovery on Kangaroo Island

09/01/202009/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1856 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

More than 100 Army Reservists are working with local authorities to provide assistance to bushfire recovery efforts on Kangaroo Island.

Embarked nursing officers Lieutenant Commander Thomas Miller (front) and Lieutenant Travis Robinson in HMAS Adelaide's treatment room. Photo by Able Seaman Thomas Sawtell.

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Personal connection motivates medical personnel

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A key component of the ADF response to Op Bushfire Assist are the medical services provided by doctors, nurses, paramedics and support personnel of the Navy

Lance Corporal Trent Hewitt in front of a Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle – Ambulance at the evacuation centre in Batemans Bay, NSW. Photo by Sergeant Max Bree.

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From servo operator to serving the nation

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Driving his Bushmaster ambulance, former servo operator now LCpl Trent Hewitt passed the devastation of his home town travelling with an Army medical team.

Two Australian Army CH-47F Chinooks filled with supplies for isolated areas in Victoria depart RAAF Base East Sale, which has become a key and very busy air-operations hub. Photo by Corporal Nicole Dorrett.

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East Sale becomes busy bushfire air hub

09/01/202009/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2413 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

RAAF Base East Sale has become a key and very-busy air hub for the ADF air operations during Operation Bushfire Assist in Victoria.

Lance Corporal Damien Ewin reduces bushfire-damaged trees to manageable pieces for disposal during road clearance operations near Ilford, NSW. Lance Corporal Ewin is an Australian Army Reserve engineer, from the 5th Engineer Regiment, – and also owner of Premier Defence Agencies and long-time advertising supporter of CONTACT. Photo by Major Cameron Jamieson

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Reserve engineers working and learning on road gangs

09/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2811 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Army Reserve engineers are assisting local authorities in central NSW to make roads safe from trees that have fallen or were weakened by the bushfires.