22 November 2005
Images from Operation Pakistan Assist

An Australian Defence Force medical team of about 140 personnel began to deploy into Pakistan on 11-12 November 2005 to provide vital health care assistance as part of the Australian Government's relief assistance to Pakistan following earthquakes on 8 October.

The ADF medical team quickly began work in the remote earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, about 20km northeast of Muzaffarabad, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir Line Of Control.

Four Australian Army Black Hawk helicopters are being deployed to Pakistan to provide essential transport and support tasks for the ADF medical team. The helicopters will give the team mobility to extend assistance from the central medical facility at Dhanni to remote communities of the region, where earthquake damage has worsened the difficulties of limited road access, mountainous terrain and harsh winter weather.

The composition and skills of the team deployed reflect the extensive experience of the Australian Defence Force in providing humanitarian assistance in remote regions of other countries affected by natural disasters.

The ADF team includes a command element, aviation detachment, logistics and communications. Most of the health and support personnel are drawn from the Army logistic support force based at Randwick Barracks, Sydney. The medical team is supplemented by an Air Force primary health care team from Richmond, New South Wales. Other personnel are drawn from a range of units across Australia, including Reserves. The Black Hawk detachment is mostly from the Australian Army 5th Aviation Regiment, based in Townsville.

20051115adf8239682_0139 Two Australian Defence Force medics with an elaborately decorated local truck used to transship Australian humanitarian supplies in Islamabad, Pakistan. (Date taken: 15 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20051115adf8239682_0147 A local truck carrying Australian stores loads an American CH-47 Chinook helicopter in Islamabad, Pakistan, for a delivery of humanitarian assistance supplies to the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni in Kashmir. (Date taken: 15 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20051117adf8239682_0002 Part of a Pakistan Army barracks destroyed during the 8 October earthquake in the town of Dhanni, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir Line Of Control, where an Australian Defence Force medical team has begun dispensing humanitarian assistance. (Date taken: 17 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20051117adf8239682_0003 This forklift was delivered as an underslung load by an American CH-47 Chinook helicopter to enable the Australian Defence Force team to move humanitarian stores in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni. (Date taken: 17 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20051117adf8239682_0023 Australian and Pakistan soldiers unload blankets and humanitarian supplies from helicopters in the earthquake-devasted town of Dhanni. (Date taken: 17 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20051117adf8239682_0026 An American CH-47 Chinook helicopter delivers supplies for the Australian Defence Force medical detachment in Dhanni as part of Operation Pakistan Assist. (Date taken: 17 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20051117adf8239682_0031 Lieutenant James Keam helps to move blankets needed by locals as temperatures drop with the onset of winter in the region of the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni. (Date taken: 17 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20051117adf8239682_0050 Private Robbie Keenan and Private Sheyna Veal treat a young girl with burns, a common injury sustained in the remote area of Dhanni after the 8 October Pakistan earthquake. (Date taken: 17 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20051118adf8239682_0002 Lieutenant Adam Ward and Corporal Pete Lonergan examine an infant patient in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, where an Australian Defence Force medical team has begun work as part of Operation Pakistan Assist. (Date taken: 18 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20051118adf8239682_0020 Lieutenant Adam Ward examines an infant patient in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, where an Australian Defence Force medical team has begun work as part of Operation Pakistan Assist. (Date taken: 18 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20051118adf8239682_0035 Australian Army medic Private Markus Collins treats a man in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, where an Australian Defence Force medical team has begun work as part of Operation Pakistan Assist. (Date taken: 18 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20051118adf8239682_0038 Australian Army medic Private Markus Collins treats a man in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, where an Australian Defence Force medical team has begun work as part of Operation Pakistan Assist. (Date taken: 18 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20051118adf8239682_0048 Australian Army medic Private Markus Collins treats a man in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, where an Australian Defence Force medical team has begun work as part of Operation Pakistan Assist. (Date taken: 18 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20051118adf8239682_0051 Australian Army medic Private Markus Collins treats a man in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, where an Australian Defence Force medical team has begun work as part of Operation Pakistan Assist. (Date taken: 18 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20051118adf8239682_0061 A phonetic bilingual chart on a scrap of cardboard helps Australian medics to understand from locals the types of injuries and sickness in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, where an Australian Defence Force medical team has begun work as part of Operation Pakistan Assist. (Date taken: 18 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20051118adf8239682_0073 Flight Lieutenant Audrey Tan attends to a mother and baby in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, where an Australian Defence Force medical team has begun work as part of Operation Pakistan Assist. (Date taken: 18 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20051118adf8239682_0076 Flight Lieutenant Audrey Tan attends to a mother and baby in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, where an Australian Defence Force medical team has begun work as part of Operation Pakistan Assist. (Date taken: 18 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20051118adf8239682_0087 Flight Lieutenant Audrey Tan attends to a mother and baby in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, where an Australian Defence Force medical team has begun work as part of Operation Pakistan Assist. (Date taken: 18 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20051118adf8239682_0097 Australian Army medic Private Markus Collins prescribes antibiotics for a young child with an infection in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, where an Australian Defence Force medical team has begun work as part of Operation Pakistan Assist. (Date taken: 18 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20051118adf8239682_0108 Australian Army medic Private Sheyna Veal gives water to an infant child in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, where an Australian Defence Force medical team has begun work as part of Operation Pakistan Assist. (Date taken: 18 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20051118adf8239682_0143 Private Sheyna Veal holds a young child while the mother is treated by Australian Defence Force medical personnel in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni. (Date taken: 18 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20051118adf8239682_0148 Private Sheyna Veal holds an infant while the mother is treated by Australian medical personnel in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, where an Australian Defence Force medical team has begun work as part of Operation Pakistan Assist. (Date taken: 18 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20051118adf8239682_0186 Lieutenant Adam Ward and Corporal Pete Lonergan examine an infant boy while his mother waits in the Australian Defence Force medical centre in the earthquake-devastasted town of Dhanni. (Date taken: 18 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20051118adf8239682_0231 A woman, who lost her husband and two children as a result of the 8 October 2005 Pakistan earthquake, waits to be attended by Australian medics in the remote town of Dhanni. (Date taken: 18 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20051118adf8239682_0256 A man waits with his infant daughter to be seen by Australian medics in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, where an Australian Defence Force medical team has begun work as part of Operation Pakistan Assist. (Date taken: 18 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20051118adf8239682_0276 A young boy carries a bottle of water back to his family in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, where an Australian Defence Force medical team has begun work as part of Operation Pakistan Assist. (Date taken: 18 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20051118adf8239682_0335 Leading Aircraftman Gunny, a member of the Australian Defence Force medical team working in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni as part of Operation Pakistan Assist, helps to treat a young girl with minor burns. (Date taken: 18 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20051118adf8239682_0350 Lieutenant Tamara Lee examines patients at the Australian medical centre in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni. (Date taken: 18 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20051118adf8239682_0369 A resident of the remote town of Dhanni overlooks the tented medical centre of the Australian Defence Force team deployed to help earthquake victims under Operation Pakistan Assist. (Date taken: 18 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20051118adf8239682_0377 The tented medical centre of the Australian Defence Force team set up to help earthquake victims in the remote town of Dhanni, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir Line Of Control. (Date taken: 18 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20051119adf8239682_0006 Australian and Pakistani soldiers take cover from the downwash of an American CH-47 Chinook helicopter landing humanitarian relief supplies in Dhanni, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir Line Of Control. (Date taken: 19 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20051119adf8239682_0008 Australian and Pakistani soldiers take cover from the downwash of an American CH-47 Chinook helicopter landing humanitarian relief supplies in Dhanni, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir Line Of Control. (Date taken: 19 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20051119adf8239682_0013 Australian and Pakistani soldiers take cover from the downwash of an American CH-47 Chinook helicopter landing humanitarian relief supplies in Dhanni, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir Line Of Control. (Date taken: 19 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20051119adf8239682_0016 Australian and Pakistani soldiers take cover from the downwash of an American CH-47 Chinook helicopter landing humanitarian relief supplies in Dhanni, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir Line Of Control. (Date taken: 19 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20051119adf8239682_0021 Australian and Pakistani soldiers team up to unload humanitarian supplies in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir Line Of Control. (Date taken: 19 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20051119adf8239682_0022 Australian and Pakistani soldiers team up to unload humanitarian supplies in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir Line Of Control. (Date taken: 19 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20051119adf8239682_0036 Australian and Pakistani soldiers team up to unload humanitarian supplies in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir Line Of Control. (Date taken: 19 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20051119adf8239682_0109 Cows and chickens graze near a house heavily damaged by the 8 October earthquake in the remote town of Dhanni, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir Line Of Control. (Date taken: 19 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20051119adf8239682_0125 Lance Corporal Lock and Signaller Patrick Rothe talk to locals near the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, where an Australian Defence Force medical team has begun work as part of Operation Pakistan Assist. (Date taken: 19 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20051119adf8239682_0127 Lance Corporal Lock and Signaller Patrick Rothe talk to locals near the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, where an Australian Defence Force medical team has begun work as part of Operation Pakistan Assist. (Date taken: 19 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20051119adf8239682_0483 Australian Soldiers crossing a suspension bridge near the town of Dhanni. (Date taken: 19 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20051119adf8239682_0525 Local villiagers from Dhanni currently cut off, wait for the re-opening of a major road destroyed after the earthquake. (Date taken: 19 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20051119adf8239682_0708 Local villiagers from Dhanni currently cut off, wait for the re-opening of a major road destroyed after the earthquake. (Date taken: 19 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20051119adf8239682_0748 Four weeks after the earthquake, a husband and wife walk 6km down the mountain side to receive medical attention. (Date taken: 19 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20051120adf8239682_0052 People queue at a recently set up food distribution point in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir Line Of Control. (Date taken: 20 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20051120adf8239682_0056 People queue at a recently set up food distribution point in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir Line Of Control. (Date taken: 20 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20051120adf8239682_0057 People queue at a recently set up food distribution point in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir Line Of Control. (Date taken: 20 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20051120adf8239682_0102 A Pakistan Army soldier assists distribution of food in Dhanni to people displaced by the 8 October earthquake. (Date taken: 20 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20051120adf8239682_0110 People queue at a recently set up food distribution point in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir Line Of Control. (Date taken: 20 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20051120adf8239682_0114 A Pakistan Army soldier administers the distribution of food to people in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir Line Of Control. (Date taken: 20 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20051120adf8239682_0136 An elderly man waits in line as a Pakistan Army Havildar (Sergeant) administers the distribution of food to people in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir Line Of Control. (Date taken: 20 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20051120adf8239682_0141 People queue at a recently set up food distribution point in the earthquake-devastated town of Dhanni, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir Line Of Control. (Date taken: 20 November 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res