Aust personnel serve on Chinese ship
AAP
Two Australian Defence Force medics are aboard a Chinese navy hospital ship on a mission to deliver health services to Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea.
The medical officers, one army and one navy, have joined Peoples' Liberation Army Navy hospital ship Peace Ark on its assistance mission in the south Pacific, Defence says.
The deployment is the result of an invitation from the second-in-command of China's military, General Fan Changlong, during his visit to Australia in July.
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It began on August 31 and will end on September 11.
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