The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An informal group portrait of members of "Sparrow Force", 2/2 Independent Company, AIF, and Timorese locals with a live crocodile tied to a rod. Locals had carried this crocodile twelve miles as a friendly gesture for an Australian officer. While many members of "Sparrow Force" were forced to surrender to the Japanese on 23 February 1942, these men evaded capture and with the help of the local Timorese people carried out a guerilla campaign against the Japanese in the mountainous country around Dili. By December 1942, when guerilla operations became more difficult, operations were wound down and the 2/2 Independent Company was evacuated. Identified in the front row on the left is NX48173 Private (later Acting Corporal) William Alexander Lovi and on the right is VX28767 Sergeant William (Bill) Ernest Tomasetti, both of the 2/2 Independent Company.
Depicts several soldiers, 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 smal
This is a study for the painting, Group of Timor Guerillas, that depicts several soldiers, recalling the Australian activities on the island of Timor during the Second World War. Behind the group of
An Australian soldier walking in the mountainous terrain which is typical of the territory in which members of "Sparrow Force", 2/2 Independent Company, AIF, carried out a guerrilla campaign against t
PORTUGUESE TIMOR. 1942. TWO MEMBERS OF THE 2/2ND INDEPENDENT COMPANY IN A TIMORESE VILLAGE GARDEN. PART OF SPARROW FORCE, THE COMPANY CONDUCTED GUERILLA OPERATIONS AGAINST THE JAPANESE ON THE ISLAND.
PORTUGUESE TIMOR. 1942. TIMORESE NATIVES IN A VILLAGE SQUARE WITH MEMBERS OF THE 2/2ND INDEPENDENT COMPANY MOUNTED ON HORSEBACK. PART OF SPARROW FORCE, THE COMPANY CONDUCTED GUERILLA OPERATIONS AGAINS
PORTUGUESE TIMOR. 1942. A TIMORESE NATIVE, POSSIBLY A HELPER OF THE 2/2ND INDEPENDENT COMPANY, PART OF SPARROW FORCE, WHICH CONDUCTED GUERILLA OPERATIONS AGAINST THE JAPANESE ON THE ISLAND.
PORTUGUESE TIMOR. 1942. TIMORESE NATIVE SOLDIERS MOUNTED ON HORSEBACK, POSSIBLY HELPERS OF THE 2/2ND INDEPENDENT COMPANY, PART OF SPARROW FORCE, WHICH CONDUCTED GUERILLA OPERATIONS AGAINST THE JAPANES
PORTUGUESE TIMOR. 1942. A MEMBER OF THE 2/2ND INDEPENDENT COMPANY IN A TIMORESE VILLAGE. SHIRTLESS, HE WEARS A COOLIE HAT. PART OF SPARROW FORCE, THE COMPANY CONDUCTED GUERILLA OPERATIONS AGAINST THE
