Disaster Relief and Humanitarian Operations - Pacific Region

Australia: 1990-present

Strength: Approx 500 ADF personnel

 AO:         Tonga, Vanuatu, Western Samoa, American Samoa, & PNG.

                 Apart from Operation Ples Dri, the ADF has continually assisted our Pacific Neighbours in Disaster relief operations.  A recent deployment was the well known PNG Tsunami disaster, to which thousands of people were killed by a tidal wave caused by an Earth Quake in the Coral Sea.

                 These Operations are a continual commitment of the Australian Government to assist those neighbours in need of assistance.

Awards: No Awards have been presented for the many Humanitarian Operations ADF Personnel have served.  Currently the Australian Peacekeeper & Peacemaker Veterans' Association (APPVA), are lobbying to have these missions classified “Humanitarian”, in order to be recognised with the Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal (HOSM).

		Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal

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