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MINA RIVER, TIMOR 1945-11-14. TIMFORCE. A SECTION OF THIS BRIDGE OVER THE MINA RIVER WAS BLOWN UP ON 1942-02-23 BY AUSTRALIANS OF SPARROW FORCE UNDER WX11054 LIEUTENANT C. D. DOIG, 2/2ND INDEPENDENT COMPANY. THE JAPANESE SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED THE MISSING SPAN. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT K. B. DAVIS.)
MONTASSI, PORTUGUESE TIMOR. 1946-01-24. REMAINS OF THE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING USED BY CAPTAIN D. DEXTER, 2/2ND INDEPENDENT COMPANY AND SPARROW FORCE, WHEN THE AUSTRALIANS OPERATED IN THE AREA IN 1942.
OESAPA BESAR, TIMOR 1945-11-12. TIMFORCE. THE PALM GROVE WHERE THE JAPANESE INITIALLY IMPRISONED THE CAPTURED AUSTRALIANS OF SPARROW FORCE IN EARLY 1942. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT K. B. DAVIS.)
SOE, TIMOR 1945-11-14. TIMFORCE. AFTER AVOIDING CAPTURE IN KOEPANG A PARTY OF SPARROW FORCE UNDER MAJOR J. CHISHOLM ASSEMBLED AT SOE AND DECIDED TO GO TO PORTUGUESE TIMOR TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS AGAINS
GLENO VALLEY, PORTUGUESE TIMOR. 1946-01-25. AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS OF SPARROW FORCE DESTROYED THIS BRIDGE DURING OPERATIONS IN 1942. TEMPORARY WOODEN REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE ACROSS THE COLLAPSED SPAN. (P
SOE, TIMOR 1945-11-14. TIMFORCE. AFTER AVOIDING CAPTURE IN KOEPANG A PARTY OF SPARROW FORCE UNDER MAJOR J. CHISHOLM ASSEMBLED AT SOE AND DECIDED TO GO TO PORTUGUESE TIMOR TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS AGAINS
SOE, TIMOR 1945-11-14. TIMFORCE. AFTER AVOIDING CAPTURE IN KOEPANG A PARTY OF SPARROW FORCE UNDER MAJOR J. CHISHOLM ASSEMBLED AT SOE AND DECIDED TO GO TO PORTUGUESE TIMOR TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS AGAINS
