The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 Portuguese Timor and was the summer residence of the Governor. The 2/2nd Australian Independent Company established a base here when engaged in guerilla activities against the Japanese in 1942.
Ainaro although situated inland was in effect the Base of the Australian Forces operating in Portuguese Timor. The "Lancer Force" Hospital was set up here in 1942 under Captain C R Dunkley, Australian
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 exten
AINARO, PORTUGUESE TIMOR. 1946-01-24. SERGEANT G. MILSOM, MILITARY HISTORY SECTION FIELD TEAM AND FORMERLY OF THE 2/2ND INDEPENDENT COMPANY, RE-ENACTS WHAT WAS A REGULAR OCCURRENCE DURING THE AUSTRALI
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
The ruins of an Observation Post used by the 2/2nd Australian Independent Company during their guerilla activities against the Japanese in Portuguese Timor.
Showing the building in which Captain C R Dunkley, Australian Army Medical Corps, the Medical Officer of 2/2nd Australian Independent Company, established a base for the treatment of sick personnel of
