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Australian Army soldiers deployed in East Timor in 2008. Story by Corporal Luke Bellman.

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‘Small actions can make a big difference’

27/09/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 728 Views 0 Comments East Timor, INTERFET

Warrant Officer Class Two (WO2) David Buckley was attacked with rocks and slingshots while deployed to East Timor (now Timor-Leste),

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Colonel James Murray in East Timor in 1999. Story by Corporal Luke Bellman. Photo by Corporal Luke Bellman.

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Proud of East Timor connection

27/09/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 419 Views 0 Comments East Timor, INTERFET

Colonel James Murray was recalled to work on East Timor’s ‘D-Day’, September 20, 1999, when he learnt that Australia would

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Australian soldiers with 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, conduct a medical evacuation of a local boy in the Oecusse Enclave, East Timor. Photo by Corporal Brian Hartigan.

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25 years since INTERFET deployment

20/09/202420/09/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1467 Views 2 Comments East Timor, INTERFET, Timor-Leste

When the Timorese people took the courageous step of voting for independence in 1999 and asked the international community for

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