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A local boy on Pentecost Island in Vanuatu greets sailors and soldiers from HMAS Choules during Operation Vanuatu Assist 2017. Photo by Able Seaman Jake Badaior.

ADF volcano evacuation assistance in Vanuatu ends

15/10/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4338 Views 0 Comments Vanuatu’s Ambae Island, volcano

The Australian Defence Force’s commitment to humanitarian assistance in Vanuatu after the island of Ambae was evacuated because of a

RAAF personnel are assisted by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Palladium workers and Vanuatu locals to unload Australian Aid supplies from a C-17 Globemaster at Santo-Pekoa International Airport in Vanuatu as part of Operation Vanuatu Assist 2017. Photo by Leading Seaman Jake Badior.

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Mass evacuation and foreign aide for Vanuatu volcano threat

05/10/201705/10/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2882 Views 0 Comments Operation Vanuatu Assist 2017, Vanuatu’s Ambae Island

Australia has deployed HMAS Choules, personnel and humanitarian aide to communities displaced from Vanuatu’s Ambae Island due to volcanic activity, with