Remembering 1942
The battles on Timor, 20-23 February, 1942
Just before midnight on the night of 19/20 February elements of the Japanese 228th Regiment landed in Dili. The units from Sparrow Force had been expecting to be relieved by Portuguese colonial troops from Africa and assumed the troops landing were their replacements arriving unannounced. They received a very rude shock.
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Roll of Honour talk, presented by Brad Manera from the Memorial's Military History Section, on Saturday 23 February 2002 (transcript and audio)
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Items from the collection: Christmas card, 1944, from "Sparrow Force" to Lieutenant Colonel F. G. Galleghan, sketch maps of Timor, An overview of operations in Timor for the year 12 December 1941 - 12 December 1942.
- Further Reading
9 December 1942, Timor - L/Sgt W Tomasetti 2/2 Independent Company leads
creados and Timor ponies though the mountains of Timor
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