The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
TAI BESSI, PORTUGUESE TIMOR 1945-12-24. IN THIS BUILDING, LIEUTENANT J. GARNET, 2/2ND INDEPENDENT COMPANY, MET PORTUGUESE NATIONALS DURING THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION. TO GARNET GOES THE CREDIT FOR THE "INTERNATIONAL BRIGADE" CONSISTING OF BORAGES NATIONALS DEPORTED T TIMOR BECAUSE OF THEIR REVOLUTIONARY TENDENCIES. THEY FOUGHT WITH THE AUSTRALIANS AGAINST THE JAPANESE AND WITH THEIR AID LIEUTENANT GARNET WAS SUCCESSFUL IN SNEAKING OUT A WIRELESS SET FROM DILI WHICH HELPED LESSEN THE STRAIN ON THE FAMOUS IMPROVISED SET "WINNIE THE WAR WINNER". (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT K. DAVIS)
The hut at Mape, Portuguese Timor, used by the signals section, Force Headquarters, 2/2 Independent Company. It was here that the famous transmitter Winnie the war-winner, a masterpiece of improvisat
It was in this house that a seven-man patrol of 2/2nd Australian Independent Company met Portuguese nationals who were co-operating with the Australians and made full arrangements for the movement of
MAPE, PORTUGUESE TIMOR 1945-12-12. IT WAS IN THIS AREA THAT THE 2/2ND INDEPENDENT COMPANY HAD ITS FORCE HEADQUARTERS FROM APRIL TO AUGUST 1942 AND WHERE SPARROW FORCE FIRST MADE CONTACT WITH AUSTRALIA
DILI, PORTUGUESE TIMOR 1945-09-24. A SMALL PARTY OF AUSTRALIAN TROOPS UNDER VX89 BRIGADIER L. G. H. DYKE DSO, COMMANDER OF TIMOR FORCE, LANDED IN DILI AND WERE MADE WELCOME BY THE PORTUGUESE GOVERNOR,
Recalling the Australian activities on the island of Timor during the Second World War. Japanese forces invaded both Dutch and Portuguese Timor in February 1942, where a small Australian force - 'Spar
DILI, PORTUGUESE TIMOR 1945-12. THE AERIAL OF THE WRECKED PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT RADIO STATION. JUST PRIOR TO THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION AND DURING THE PERIOD THAT THE AUSTRALIAN AND DUTCH FORCES WERE IN
