The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Catholic Church at Same with Mount Sanaleo in the background. A Japanese plane was brought down near here by Timorese rifle fire. The 2/2nd Australian Independent Company and "Lancer Force" were extensively engaged in guerilla warfare against the Japanese in this area during 1942-43.
A church at Ainaro in East Timor. The bells in front of the church were previously set in the towers. During the war they were used as air raid alarms by the troops. Ainaron is the oldest post in Port
The entrance to the Portuguese Posto of Bobonaro, which was on the border between Dutch Timor (west Timor) and Portuguese Timor (Timor Leste). Being centrally situated in the area of operations, patro
Showing the type of jungle in which troops of 2/2nd and 2/4th Australian Independent Companies and "Lancer Force", and in particular, "H" Detachment under Lieutenant C D Doig, carried on warfare of th
Situated in the area in which guerilla warfare was waged against the Japanese on Timor by 2/2nd Australian Independent Company and some of the survivors of "Sparrow Force".
In the area of Portuguese Timor in which the 2/2nd and 2/4th Australian Independent Companies engaged in guerilla warfare against the Japanese during 1942.
A scene in the town of Same, in Portuguese Timor which figured considerably in the exploits of the 2/2nd and 2/4th Australian Independent Companies during their guerilla campaign in Timor during the J