Battle Group led by the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment. October 2006 26 October Brigadier Mal Rerden takes command of Joint Task Force 631, replacing Brigadier Mick Slater. December 2006 17 December Protests against UN troops intensify after they are accused of being responsible for the killing of a rebel gang member during factional clashes. January 2007 26 January Australia, East Timor, and the United Nations sign a memorandum of understanding under which Operation Astute continues and the United Nations Integrated Mission in East Timor supports and helps to develop East Timor's police force. March 2007 4 March After cornering Reinado at a compound in Same, Australian Special Forces enter the town and conduct an assault. Reinado evades capture but five of his men are killed in the Battle of Same. The Timor Leste government subsequently called off the manhunt, preferring to pursue a dialogue with the rebels instead. May 2007 9 May Australian forces successfully supervise round two elections, with no reports of violence. 10 May An unmanned Australian spy plane on operations over East Timor crashes into a house in the densely populated eastern suburb of Becora in Dili. Military helicopters were quickly sent to locate the wreckage, and an investigation was scheduled to begin the next day into whether the crash was due to technical failure or operator error. August 2007 2 August Brigadier John Hutcheson takes over command from Brigadier Mal Rerden. January 2008 31 January Brigadier James Baker takes over command from Brigadier John Hutcheson. July 2008 31 July Brigadier Mark Holmes takes over command. January 2009 16 January Brigadier Bill Sowry takes over command from Brigadier Mark Holmes. Military units involved Operation Astute is an Australian military operation. While the Malaysian and New Zealand contingents operate under overall Australian command, the Portuguese contingent operates under Portuguese national command. The initial Australian units deployed as part of the operation fell under the operational command of Brigadier Michael Slater, the commander of the Australian 3rd Brigade. The major unit involved in land operations was the 3rd Battalion under its commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Mick Mumford. This force was replaced in early September 2006 by a battalion group based around the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment designated the ANZAC Battle Group. Australia Australian Army Australia currently has approximately 404 personnel deployed to Timor-Leste, the majority of whom are formed into the ANZAC Battle Group'', named due to