Timor 1942: Australian Commandos at War with the Japanese
by Christopher C H Wray
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/Good+
- Seller
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FLAGSTAFF HILL, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
A small Allied contingent composed mainly of Australians code-named Sparrow Force was despatched to Timor in 1941. Almost immediately they were overwhelmed by the Japanese invasion of the western part or Dutch Timor. The remnants of Sparrow Force retreaded to eastern of Portuguese Timor and joined up with the 2/2 Australian Independent Company, then faced with further Japanese troop landings retreated to the mountains were they conducted unremitting and highly successful guerilla war against the enemy. 190 pages with 12 pages of black and white photographs and endpaper map. Book in good+ condition ex library with borrowing remnants inside back cover, some light ?staining to pages 123-135, and some reader wear. Dust jacket in good+ condition in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and back.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lems Bookshop (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2306
- Title
- Timor 1942
- Author
- Christopher C H Wray
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1987
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- History, War, World War 2, Military
- Bookseller catalogs
- War; Military; History; World War 2;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lems Bookshop
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FLAGSTAFF HILL, South Australia
About Lems Bookshop
Online Bookshop. To save on postage I will consider delivery to you in Adelaide by arrangement. I have a lot of Australiana, Aboriginal, War, Adventure, Travel, History, Natural History, Earth Sciences, Childrens, Fiction and others to put online. Keep checking because I will be adding to my catalogue for a long time!
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