The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Unidentified children hold signs reading “We love you” and “Welcome home Daddy” as they wait to greet sailors from HMAS ANZAC and HMAS Darwin at a homecoming at Victoria Quay, Fremantle, WA. Two thousand people gathered to welcome the sailors home. HMAS ANZAC [III] and HMAS Darwin left Australia for the Persian Gulf on 28 October 2002, under Operation Slipper, Australia’s contribution to the international fight against terrorism, to participate in the Multinational Interception Force enforcing UN sanctions against Iraq. They were then assigned to Operation Bastille, the build-up of Australian forces against Iraq, in January 2003, and then to Operation Falconer, Australia’s contribution to the war on Iraq, in March 2003.
A young girl holds a sign reading, 'WELCOME HOME DADDY, LOVE YOU, KAIT & LESHY', at a homecoming for sailors from HMAS Anzac and HMAS Darwin at Victoria Quay, Fremantle, WA. Two thousand people gather
An unidentified woman holds a sign reading “PORT LINCOLN” as she waits to greet sailors from HMAS ANZAC and HMAS Darwin at a homecoming at Victoria Quay, Fremantle, WA. Two thousand people gathered to
Friends and family await the arrival of sailors from HMAS ANZAC and HMAS Darwin at a homecoming at Victoria Quay, Fremantle, WA. Two thousand people gathered to welcome the sailors home. HMAS ANZAC [I
Friends and family await the arrival of sailors from HMAS ANZAC and HMAS Darwin at a homecoming at Victoria Quay, Fremantle, WA. Two thousand people gathered to welcome the sailors home. HMAS ANZAC [I
Friends and family wave to sailors from HMAS ANZAC and HMAS Darwin as the ships approach the quay, at a homecoming ceremony at Victoria Quay, Fremantle, WA. Two thousand people gathered to welcome the
Unidentified friends and family members await the arrival of sailors from HMAS Darwin at a homecoming for the Darwin and HMAS ANZAC at Victoria Quay, Fremantle, WA. Two thousand people gathered to wel
