The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A Posto of Portuguese Timor is a Government administration post controlling the agricultural activities of the district. Maubisse figured conspicuously in the operation of 2/2nd and 2/4th Australian Independent Companies during their guerilla warfare against the Japanese in Timor in 1942. This warfare gives some idea of the type of country in which the Australian commandos fought.
The Portuguese 'Posto" at Bobonaro showing the road to Hatu Lia and Atsaba. This 'Posto' figured considerably in the operations of 2/2nd Australian Independent Company in their guerilla operations aga
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
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.
The entrance gate to a Portuguese Posto in the village of Assalaino, Lautem Province. It is a significant location on a crossroads between surrounding villages. Troops of 2/2nd Australian Independent
A typical Portuguese Timor town. Of Portuguese architecture with an old world savour, they were charming with their buildings of white walls, red tiled roofs and massive encircling ramparts. Bobonaro
A view of the Munda Perdido mountains from the town of Ossu, in the east of Portuguese Timor. The Australian commandos of 2/2nd and 2/4th Australian Independent Companies were engaged in this area dur