Timor 1942

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… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Hutchinson, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. x,190pp, end paper map, index, notes, bibliography 2/2 independent company and the remnants of Sparrow force

Hawthorn, Victoria: Hutchinson Australia, 1987 The dust jacket has a little wear. The page edges are lightly foxed. 190 pages with black and white photographs. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Melbourne: Hutchinson Australia, 1987. Foreword by Sir Bernard Callinan, AC, CBE, DSO, MC. Pp. x+190, 12 plates, endpaper map, notes, appendix, bibliography, index; navy boards, spine lettered in white, edges of boards lightly worn; dust wrapper, scuffed, backstrip sunned.; Hutchinson Australia, Melbourne, 1987. First edition. *An account of the guerilla war fought by Australian Commandos in Timor 1942. … Read more about this item