October 30th, 2007  
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Members of Mortar Platoon 2nd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, as part of the 3rd Reconstruction Task Force, stand next to their mortar tubes ready to fire during a patrol in Afghanistan.





A soldier from the 3rd Reconstruction Task Force covers the lower ground of an Afghan National Police checkpoint during a meeting between members of the Australian, Dutch, United States and Afghan forces.





Specialist Richard Reed of the 1st/263rd ARVN Armoured Battalion compares rations with Corporal Hagar Quirke of the 2nd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment during a joint United States, Dutch and Australian patrol in the Oruzgan Province of Afghanistan.




A returning ASLAV drives past a mortar section from the 2nd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment in the early hours of the morning whilst out on a patrol in the Oruzgan Province of Afghanistan.





The coffin of SAS Sgt Matthew Locke MG is loaded for home in Afghanistan





A rifleman from Battle Group Timor Leste 3 moves forward along a drain during a routine patrol around Dili.
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Platoon Commander, 6 Platoon, B Company
10/27th Battalion
Royal South Australia Regiment

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