DEFENCE MEDIA RELEASE
Issued by Ministerial Support and Public Affairs, Department of Defence, Canberra, ACT
Phone: 02 6127 1999, Fax: 02 6265 1545
MSPA 387/09
Thursday, 12 November 2009
NATIONAL WELCOME HOME PARADE TO MARK
THE END OF OPERATION CATALYST
What:
National welcome home parade to mark the end of Operation
CATALYST
When:
2 pm Saturday, 21 November 2009
Where:
Australian War Memorial, Campbell, Australian Capital Territory
Who:
More than 300 current and former ADF veterans and Defence civilians
who have served on Operation CATALYST in Iraq from July 2003 to
July 2009.
The welcome home parade will mark the conclusion of Operation CATALYST and
will recognise the contribution of ADF and Defence personnel to the stabilisation and
rehabilitation of Iraq.
Senior Government figures will attend and speak at the parade. Other VIP guests will
include Federal and Territory Ministers and Opposition Spokespersons, and
Ambassadors of the other countries involved in the Iraq conflict.
The parade will feature Australia’s Federation Guard, the Band of the Royal Military
College of Australia and the Royal Australian Navy Band, marching from Anzac
Parade onto the Memorial’s Parade Ground. They will be followed by Navy, Army
and Air Force contingents, Defence civilians and ex-ADF members in a march-past.
Media note:
Brigadier Brian Dawson, AM, CSC will be available for media interviews leading up
to the day of the parade. Brigadier Dawson was deputy commander of Joint Task
Force 633 in Iraq from November 2007 to May 2008.
Media contact:
Defence Media Liaison:
02 6127 1999 or 0408 498 664
HQJOC Public Affairs:
02 6128 4110 or 0424 190 318
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