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Flight Lieutenant Kimberly Macdonald, a Nursing Officer from No. 3 Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, is helping fight COVID-19 in Papua New Guinea. Photo: Corporal Colin Dadd
3 June 2020
Air Force COVID-19

Nurse supports PNG during COVID-19

Flight Lieutenant Kimberley Macdonald is putting her skills to the test in Papua New Guinea.
Lieutenant Commander Sara Barnett speaks to HMAS Melville's ship’s company during a service held off the coast of Papua New Guinea to commemorate the Australian submarine AE1. Photo: Able Seaman Leon Dafonte Fernandez
19 September 2019
Navy Anniversary

Remembering Australia's first submarine

Off the coast of Papua New Guinea, the crew of HMAS Melville took time to commemorate the first Australian casualties of WWI.
Dental assistant Corporal Kellie Peters hands out exercise books and pencils to students during the Exercise Pacific Angel closing ceremony at Bowali Primary School in Lae, Papua New Guinea. Photo: Corporal David Cotton
18 September 2019
Air Force Exercises

Pacific Angel partnership grows stronger

A successful Pacific Angel Exercise for 2019 has concluded, leaving a local community in Papua New Guinea, healthier and stronger.
Exercise Kokoda Strike 19 members trek through the mist along the Kokoda Track, Papua New Guinea. Photo: Corporal Tristan Kennedy
15 May 2019
Defence Exercises

Following footsteps of Kokoda heroes

40 Australian, from Defence and the APS, had the chance to experience conditions on the Kokoda Track.
Chief of the Australian Army, Lieutenant General Rick Burr, and Chief of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force, Major General Gilbert Toropo, lay wreaths during the Anzac Day 2019 dawn service at the Bomana War Cemetary, PNG. Photo: Corporal Kyle Genner
26 April 2019
Army Anzac Day

Unbreakable bonds with PNG remembered

Australia and Papua New Guinea’s partnership, forged in the mud of the Kokoda Track was highlighted during the dawn service at Port Moresby.

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