Australian Army Blackhawks landing at Liquica, East Timor on September 27th 1999.  (Photographer: Jason South)

I personally know of two Koori diggers from the Gold Coast of N.S.W. and Queensland who served in East Timor with the INTERFET forces, one a combat Infantryman the other a Signaller.

There is also an Aboriginal soldier serving with 3BASB in East Timor (returned to Australia now).

This page will hopefully one day have some pictures from my mates, and other bits of information.

An Australian Light Armoured Vehicle departing Darwin for East Timor, September 1999.

Please, if you haven't already, send a supportive fax or email to our men and women in East Timor via the Department of Defence website. . .

http://easttimor.defence.gov.au/contact_peacekeepers.html

Its important that we support them 110% at all times, we never want to repeat past injustices to our veterans.

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