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Timor-Leste marks 25th anniversary of peacekeeping mission

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Veterans have today marked the 25th anniversary of Australia's peacekeeping mission to Timor-Leste the nation's largest military deployment since the Vietnam War. The mission heralded the end of Indonesia's 24-year occupation but came at significant cost with hundreds of thousands killed... including six Australians.
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