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MAPE, PORTUGUESE TIMOR 1945-12-12. THE POSTO (ADMINISTRATIVE CENTRE) WHERE THE FORCE HEADQUARTERS OF THE 2/2ND INDEPENDENT COMPANY WAS ESTABLISHED BETWEEN APRIL AND AUGUST 1942. IT WAS BOMBED BY THE JAPANESE WHILE THE AUSTRALIANS WERE IN OCCUPATION AND AFTER THEIR WITHDRAWAL WAS BOMBED AGAIN BY ALLIED AIRCRAFT. AUSTRALIAN AND PORTUGUESE SOLDIERS AND LOCAL TIMORESE EXAMINE THE RUINS. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT K. DAVIS)
MAPE, PORTUGUESE TIMOR 1945-12-12. THE KITCHEN OF THE POSTO (ADMINISTRATIVE CENTRE) WHERE THE FORCE HEADQUARTERS OF THE 2/2ND INDEPENDENT COMPANY WAS ESTABLISHED BETWEEN APRIL AND AUGUST 1942. IT WAS
MAPE, PORTUGUESE TIMOR 1945-12-12. THE POSTO (ADMINISTRATIVE CENTRE) WHERE THE 2/2ND INDEPENDENT COMPANY HAD ITS FORCE HEADQUARTERS. IT WAS BOMBED BY THE JAPANESE WHILE THE AUSTRALIANS WERE IN OCCUPAT
MAPE, PORTUGUESE TIMOR 1945-12-12. MAUTASI, A TIMORESE BOY WHO WAS SHOT AND WOUNDED BY THE JAPANESE FOR HELPING THE AUSTRALIANS, IS SEEN WITH JOSE GARRIDO, THE PORTUGUESE CHEF DE POSTO (CHIEF OF MAPE
HATU UDO, PORTUGUESE TIMOR 1945-12-14. THIS SMALL POSTO (ADMINISTRATIVE CENTRE WAS BOMBED BY THE JAPANESE DURING 1942-08 WHEN THE AUSTRALIANS OF THE 2/2ND INDEPENDENT COMPANY WERE STATIONED THERE. IN
HATU UDO, PORTUGUESE TIMOR 1945-12-14. THESE OLD BATTLEMENTS OF THE POSTO (ADMINISTRATIVE CENTRE) PROVIDED THE AUSTRALIANS OF THE 2/2ND INDEPENDENT COMPANY WITH EXCELLENT OBSERVATION POINTS DURING THE
HATU UDO AREA, PORTUGUESE TIMOR 1945-12-14. THE GATEWAY AND SENTRY BOX OF PERHAPS THE MOST PICTURESQUE POSTO (ADMINISTRATIVE CENTRE) IN PORTUGUESE TIMOR. THIS POSTO WAS HEAVILY BOMBED BY THE RAAF WHEN
