INTERFET 25th ANNIVERSARY 20/9/24

International Force East Timor 1999. INTERFET was the Australian Government initiative to re-install law and order to East Timor with the Australian force leading the insertion of multinational forces into East Timor https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/CN500235

To mark the INTERFET 25th Anniversary RSL SA conducted a commemoration on Friday 20th September 2024 at the post-WWII memorial adjacent to the SA National War Memorial. Veterans, serving and ex-ADF, civilian authorities and support agencies, families, friends, public and school students attended. Dr Bill Griggs delivered the keynote address.

RSL acknowledges the importance of Australian service to bring protection and stability to the East Timorese people.