KOEPANG, TIMOR. 1946-02-17. A GROUP OF FIM (FREE INDONESIA MOVEMENT ?) SYMPATHISERS, WITH SOME OF ...

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Accession Number 125763
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Davis, Keith Benjamin
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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KOEPANG, TIMOR. 1946-02-17. A GROUP OF FIM (FREE INDONESIA MOVEMENT ?) SYMPATHISERS, WITH SOME OF THEIR WIVES. THE GROUP ELECTED TO DISEMBARK FROM THE TRANSPORT SHIP ESPERANCE BAY RATHER THAN RETURN TO BATAVIA. INITIALLY DEPORTED FROM AUSTRALIA THEY HAD LIVED ON SAMAOE ISLAND FOR THE PREVIOUS THREE MONTHS. THE WINDING UP OF THE AUSTRALIAN PRESENCE ON TIMOR AND THEIR PROBABLE IMPRISONMENT BY THE NETHERLANDS INDIES ADMINISTRATION NECESSITATED THEIR REMOVAL FROM KOEPANG TO THE CONTROL OF THE SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMAND (SEAC).