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2015 OPERATION SLIPPER

A commemoration of the end of operation Slipper. For The Australian Defence Force personnel who served in Afghanistan.

From September 2001 to December 2014.The longest conflict that Australia has been involved in. 35,000 personnel and there were 41 fatalities. There were marches held today in all capital cities and Townsville, in far North Queensland. These pictures show the march in George Street, the main Street of Sydney, and turn into Bathurst Street, to the ANZAC Memorial in Hyde Park, where wreaths were laid and speeches made.

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Uploaded on March 21, 2015
Taken on March 21, 2015