The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
AINARO, PORTUGUESE TIMOR. 1946-01-24. SERGEANT G. MILSOM, MILITARY HISTORY SECTION FIELD TEAM AND FORMERLY OF THE 2/2ND INDEPENDENT COMPANY, RE-ENACTS WHAT WAS A REGULAR OCCURRENCE DURING THE AUSTRALIAN OCCUPATION OF AINARO. AS MANUBERI HIS CRIADO OR NATIVE HELPER POINTS TO THE DISTANCE SGT MILSOM RINGS ONE OF THE CHURCH BELLS THAT WERE USED TO SOUND AIR RAID ALARMS WHEN THE JAPANESE AIRFORCE LAUNCHED BOMBING RAIDS ON THE TOWN. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT K. B. DAVIS)
DILI, PORTUGUESE TIMOR. 1946-01-12. SERGEANT (SGT) MILSOM, MILITARY HISTORY SECTION FIELD TEAM, TALKING TO MANUBERI WHO WAS HIS CRIADO (TIMORESE NATIVE ASSISTANT) WHEN MILSOM WAS A MEMBER OF SPARROW F
AINARO, PORTUGUESE TIMOR. 1946-01-24. SERGEANT G. MILSOM, MILITARY HISTORY SECTION FIELD TEAM AND FORMERLY OF THE 2/2ND INDEPENDENT COMPANY, STANDS BESIDE THE GRAVE OF THREE PORTUGUESE PRIESTS. FATHER
A church at Ainaro in East Timor. The bells in front of the church were previously set in the towers. During the war they were used as air raid alarms by the troops. Ainaron is the oldest post in Port
AINARO, PORTUGUESE TIMOR. 1946-01-23. SERGEANT G. MILSOM, MILITARY HISTORY SECTION FIELD TEAM, TALKING BESIDE A HOUSE TO JAMIE, A TIMORESE NATIVE. JAIME FOUGHT OUTSIDE THIS HOUSE ALONGSIDE SGT MILSOM
AINARO, PORTUGUESE TIMOR. 1946-01-24. THE STONE CHURCH AT AINARO WHOSE TOWERS WERE USES AS AIR-RAID OBSERVATION POSTS. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT K. B. DAVIS)
AINARO, PORTUGUESE TIMOR. 1946-01-23. SERGEANT G. MILSOM, MILITARY HISTORY SECTION FIELD TEAM AND JAMIE, A TIMORESE WHO FOUGHT ALONGSIDE THE AUSTRALIANS, OUTSIDE WHAT WAS SPARROW FORCE BARRACKS DURING
