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im doing 4

male soldier

female soldier

2 x furry friends lol

my sis doing one each from her little boys

she is putting a photo in of them in their santa hats

and they are drawing pics

they are only 6 and 2

sounds really cute, good on the kiddies,

people are so kind! :thumbsup:

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We've got 6 boxes hopefully getting posted tomorrow. One of the other workgroups here did 2 and my sister's workplace should end up with 2 as well. We just did male and female soldiers as I'm sure the doggies would've done pretty well off the DOL folk.

And you find out things about co-workers doing stuff like this. Not one male offered to participate. One of them even opened the chips thinking they were just for sharing at work and didn't offer to replace them when told what they were for. I also learnt our youngest staff member is a professional soldier's child. Her father is back in Iraq for his 3rd tour of duty. He has a specialist skill that means unless there is a war he doesn't get much experience doing what he is trained to do. So he has served in East Timor and Iraq. This young girl contributed a lot from her measly pay because she knows how much it means.

My only real wish is that each box could weigh 5kg! There is so much more I would've loved to send!

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Is there a cut off date for Christmas??

We've got a whole heap ready to go, but won't get to the post office until Monday now

This is the latest media release about care packages. ( hot off the press 10 minutes ago). These addresses are in addition to the one's you already know about

Care Packages For The Troops This Christmas

Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, Warren Snowdon said Defence has established dedicated postal addresses to enable Australians to send gifts to our personnel overseas for the Christmas period.

While the existing Australian Defence Force (ADF) postal service is set up for families of deployed personnel, Defence welcomes expressions of public support for ADF personnel deployed on overseas operations in the lead up to Christmas

Mr Snowdon said the celebration of Christmas is an important time for the Australian community but especially so for those ADF, Australian Federal Police and other Australian Government agency personnel and families that are separated during Christmas by overseas operational deployments.

“To accommodate parcels and gifts from the Australian public, new Australian Forces Post Office numbers have been established. [see bottom of the release].

“These addresses will be functional until 15 December allowing Australia Post and Defence enough time to get the packages to deployed personnel – some of whom are serving in very remote locations overseas.

“Members of the public will be able to access all the information they need with regards to sending their packages, on the Defence website - http://www.defence.gov.au/ Mr Snowdon said.

Alternatively, donations can also be made to the RSL Australian Forces Overseas Fund, which has been sending pre-prepared care packages overseas to Australians on operations for many years. Links to this Fund, including instructions on how to donate, will be available on the ‘Support the Troops’ link on the Defence website.

For members of the public who wish to express their support through text, they can email their messages to [email protected]

Media contacts:

Defence Media Liaison 02 6127 1999 or 0408 498 664

Addresses to send care packages to deployed personnel

PLEASE NOTE: Packages will not be accepted after 15 December, as they won’t be able to be shipped in time for Christmas.

An Australian Soldier / Sailor / Airman / Airwoman

Christmas Mail

Middle East Operations

AFPO 60

Australian Defence Force

SYDNEY NSW 2890

An Australian Soldier / Sailor / Airman / Airwoman

Christmas Mail

East Timor Operations

AFPO 61

Australian Defence Force

SYDNEY NSW 2890

An Australian Soldier / Sailor / Airman / Airwoman

Christmas Mail

Solomon Islands Operations

AFPO 62

Australian Defence Force

SYDNEY NSW 2890

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Cheers, hope this info is of help.

Dodger39 an ex digger. (bit long in the tooth now though) :thumbsup:

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Is there a cut off date for Christmas??

We've got a whole heap ready to go, but won't get to the post office until Monday now

This is the latest media release about care packages. ( hot off the press 10 minutes ago). These addresses are in addition to the one's you already know about

Care Packages For The Troops This Christmas

Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, Warren Snowdon said Defence has established dedicated postal addresses to enable Australians to send gifts to our personnel overseas for the Christmas period.

While the existing Australian Defence Force (ADF) postal service is set up for families of deployed personnel, Defence welcomes expressions of public support for ADF personnel deployed on overseas operations in the lead up to Christmas

Mr Snowdon said the celebration of Christmas is an important time for the Australian community but especially so for those ADF, Australian Federal Police and other Australian Government agency personnel and families that are separated during Christmas by overseas operational deployments.

“To accommodate parcels and gifts from the Australian public, new Australian Forces Post Office numbers have been established. [see bottom of the release].

“These addresses will be functional until 15 December allowing Australia Post and Defence enough time to get the packages to deployed personnel – some of whom are serving in very remote locations overseas.

“Members of the public will be able to access all the information they need with regards to sending their packages, on the Defence website - http://www.defence.gov.au/ Mr Snowdon said.

Alternatively, donations can also be made to the RSL Australian Forces Overseas Fund, which has been sending pre-prepared care packages overseas to Australians on operations for many years. Links to this Fund, including instructions on how to donate, will be available on the ‘Support the Troops’ link on the Defence website.

For members of the public who wish to express their support through text, they can email their messages to [email protected]

Media contacts:

Defence Media Liaison 02 6127 1999 or 0408 498 664

Addresses to send care packages to deployed personnel

PLEASE NOTE: Packages will not be accepted after 15 December, as they won’t be able to be shipped in time for Christmas.

An Australian Soldier / Sailor / Airman / Airwoman

Christmas Mail

Middle East Operations

AFPO 60

Australian Defence Force

SYDNEY NSW 2890

An Australian Soldier / Sailor / Airman / Airwoman

Christmas Mail

East Timor Operations

AFPO 61

Australian Defence Force

SYDNEY NSW 2890

An Australian Soldier / Sailor / Airman / Airwoman

Christmas Mail

Solomon Islands Operations

AFPO 62

Australian Defence Force

SYDNEY NSW 2890

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Cheers, hope this info is of help.

Dodger39 an ex digger. (bit long in the tooth now though) :laugh:

ta for this, the addresses are the same as my original post, only thing that is different is that they have added "christmas Mail"

and it also states that they need the packages by the 15th, the information i got originally stated by the 3rd of december, atleast we know some who have not got theirs sent have a bit longer to get them off.

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Didn't check your first post on this subject. Sorry if I've doubled up.

I get defence media releases daily and thought that the addresses were new one's they'd added, so I put it here.

Talking from experience, I know the diggers always appreciate stuff sent to them, whether it be Christmas or any other time.

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Didn't check your first post on this subject. Sorry if I've doubled up.

I get defence media releases daily and thought that the addresses were new one's they'd added, so I put it here.

Talking from experience, I know the diggers always appreciate stuff sent to them, whether it be Christmas or any other time.

no no no no, i was not complaining, i was just saying that the addresses were the same, as your post states a new address, i just wanted other posters to know that they were in fact NOT different to the ones originally posted as some people have already sent theirs off,

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Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, Warren Snowdon said Defence has established dedicated postal addresses to enable Australians to send gifts to our personnel overseas for the Christmas period.

“To accommodate parcels and gifts from the Australian public, new Australian Forces Post Office numbers have been established. [see bottom of the release].

Mack,

I didn't think for one minute you were complaining.

The bit I've highlighted in blue is what threw me. It says new po numbers.

I should have checked your first post before posting that media release.

dodger39

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