International Peace Monitoring Team – Solomon Islands

OPERATION  PLUMBOB & TREK

 

Australia:  4 November 2000 – Feb 2003.

Strength: RAN Fleet Unit & Support staff. HMA Ships MANOORA, KANIMBLA, TORBRUK (SAE), DARWIN, CANBERRA; 1RAR Bn Group.  Estimated at 1200 ADF & 66 AFP.

 AO:         Solomon Islands and its Territorial Sea.

                 An International Peace Monitoring Team (IPMT) was established of which the ADF
provided approx 6 pers (communicators and Special Forces). The remainder of
the IPMT were civilians , drawn mainly from Australia NZ and a few from the various
Pacific countries.

 The Townsville Peace Accord resulted in the parties centralising weapons
and the ADF provided the containers and using mainly HMAS MANOORA choppers, positioned them
where required.
 
MANOORA deployed to the Solomon Island three times (incl OP PLUMBOB) , the
other ships mentioned had one deployment. They all acted as a base for holding talks.

 In order to assist the Solomon Island government with an internal factional struggle, Australia committed a Logistics support team and HMAS KANIMBLA to monitor the cease-fire to the civilian war.  The RAN vessels provided for OPERATION TREK are to be used as the peace agreement platform.  This mission is continuing, with New Zealand Naval support.

VEA:  Not known at this stage.

 Awards:  ASM (75-) Clasp “SOLOMON IS”.


 

     

 

  
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