The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
VIQUEQUE, PORTUGUESE TIMOR. 1946-01-06. ENTRANCE TO THE TOWN POSTO (FORT). THE AUSTRALIANS OF SPARROW FORCE PASSED THROUGH THE AREA IN 1942 AND IT WAS HERE THEY PLANNED TO HAVE A FINAL RENDEZVOUS IN DIRE EMERGENCIES. FORTUNATELY THE TOWN WAS NEVER NEEDED FOR THIS PURPOSE. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT K. B. DAVIS)
OSSU, PORTUGUESE TIMOR. 1946-01-07. THE ENTRANCE ARCH IN THE WALL OF THE OLD POSTO (FORT). THE PORTUGUESE CHEFE DO POSTO (FORT COMMANDER) HAD MOVED HERE TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE AUSTRALIANS WHEN SPARROW F
VIQUEQUE, PORTUGUESE TIMOR. 1946-01-06. A DAMAGED HOUSE IN A VIQUEQUE STREET. THE TOWN POSTO (FORT) IS IN THE BACKGROUND. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT K. B. DAVIS)
OSSU, PORTUGUESE TIMOR. 1946-01-07. A MEMBER OF THE MILITARY HISTORY FIELD TEAM STANDING AMONGST THE RUINS OF THE OLD POSTO (FORT). THE PORTUGUESE CHEFE DO POSTO (FORT COMMANDER) HAD MOVED HERE TO MAK
MAUBARA, PORTUGUESE TIMOR. 1946-01-29. THE OLD STONE POSTO (FORT). AUSTRALIANS OF SPARROW FORCE PASSED THROUGH THIS AREA ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS DURING 1942. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT K. B. DAVIS)
ERMERA, PORTUGUESE TIMOR. 1946-01-26. THE MAIN STREET OF ERMERA WHICH WAS THE ONLY POSTO (FORT) WHICH NEVER SURRENDERED TO THE JAPANESE. IT WAS OCCUPIED BY MEN OF SPARROW FORCE SEVERAL TIMES DURING 19
GLENO VALLEY, PORTUGUESE TIMOR. 1946-01-22. THE OLD PORTUGUESE POSTO (FORT) WHICH WAS OCCUPIED BY THE JAPANESE WHILE THE AUSTRALIANS OF SPARROW FORCE WERE ACTIVE IN THE DISTANT MOUNTAIN RANGES. (PHOTO
