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  1. “TIMOR EVACUATION”: A STORY FROM THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL’S CLASSIC PUBLICATION “AS YOU WERE!”

    By Edward Willis,
    • 1 reply
    • 724 views

  2. OECUSSE DISTRICT - WWII IN EAST TIMOR

    By Edward Willis,
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  3. JAPANESE MONUMENT - PENFUI NEAR KOEPANG, EAST NUSA TENGGARA PROVINCE (WEST TIMOR) - 2/2 CAMPAIGN TRAILS

    By Edward Willis,
    • 1 reply
    • 2k views

  4. THE 2/2 COMMANDO COMPANY’S TIMOR CAMPAIGN 1941-42 - TALK TO TOODYAY RSL, 14 FEBRUARY 2026

    By Edward Willis,
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    • 19.5k views

  5. SPARROW FORCE MONUMENT OESAU NEAR KOEPANG, EAST NUSA TENGGARA PROVINCE (WEST TIMOR) 2/2 CAMPAIGN TRAILS

    By Edward Willis,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.9k views

  6. REVEALED - ‘JUNGLE COMMANDO! THE SPIRIT OF NO SURRENDER’ - DAMIEN PARER, BILL MARIEN AND DICKSON BROWN ON TIMOR 7 – 20 NOVEMBER 1942

    By Edward Willis,
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    • 2.5k views

  7. RECONNAISSANCE, ROPE, RUBBER, RATIONS, RIVALRY, RESISTANCE, REPATRIATION AND A RESCUE - THE “H” FORCE STORY

    By Edward Willis,
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    • 3.2k views

  8. “FEW SOLDIERS IN HISTORY CAN CLAIM TO HAVE DONE MORE THAN THAT” – THE STORY OF NEVIL SHUTE’S “INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER” TO BERNARD CALLINAN’S “INDEPENDENT COMPANY”

    By Edward Willis,
    • 2 replies
    • 4.9k views

  9. A TRIBUTE TO COLIN DOIG

    By Edward Willis,
    • 1 reply
    • 4.2k views

  10. ‘MERCIFUL JOURNEY’ – LIEUTENANT MARSDEN HORDERN, RAN, FAIRMILE PATROL BOATS ML814 AND 815 AND OPERATION ‘MOSQUITO’ – DARWIN TO THE SOUTH COAST OF PORTUGUESE TIMOR – AUGUST 1-3 1943

    By Edward Willis,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.9k views

  11. ‘IMPOSSIBLE TO RESIST’ – JAPANESE INTERNMENT CAMPS FOR PORTUGUESE RESIDENTS IN THE LIQUICA-MAUBARA AREA DURING WWII

    By Edward Willis,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.8k views

  12. "Bob's Farm Evacuation Camp: little-known link between Portuguese Timor and Newcastle, NSW, in World War II" [1] Jude Conway

    By Edward Willis,
    • 0 replies
    • 3.5k views

  13. RON TRENGOVE "MY EARLY DAYS ON TIMOR" 7 December 1941 – 4 March 1942

    By Edward Willis,
    • 2 replies
    • 3.7k views

  14. TIMORESE RESISTANCE IN THE AINARO AREA – OCTOBER 1942 – MAY 1943 - Dom Aleixo Corte-Real, the liurai of Suro - WWII IN EAST TIMOR - AN AUSTRALIAN ARMY SITE AND TRAVEL GUIDE

    By Edward Willis,
    • 5 replies
    • 7k views

  15. LACLO - MANATUTO DISTRICT - WWII IN EAST TIMOR AN AUSTRALIAN ARMY SITE AND TRAVEL GUIDE

    By Edward Willis,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.6k views

  16. ROLF REDMOND BALDWIN, VX50054 - (1909 – 2006) - Platoon commander and staff officer on Timor

    By Edward Willis,
    • 0 replies
    • 3.5k views

  17. MANATUTO - MANATUTO DISTRICT - WWII IN EAST TIMOR AN AUSTRALIAN ARMY SITE AND TRAVEL GUIDE

    By Edward Willis,
    • 1 reply
    • 3.2k views

  18. KEVIN CURRAN – COMMANDO AND FOOTBALL HERO

    By Edward Willis,
    • 0 replies
    • 4.8k views

  19. THE JAPANESE 228 REGIMENT IN PORTUGUESE TIMOR

    By Edward Willis,
    • 1 reply
    • 3.7k views

  20. Hatu-Udo (Nova Luca) - AINARO DISTRICT - WWII IN EAST TIMOR AN AUSTRALIAN ARMY SITE AND TRAVEL GUIDE

    By Edward Willis,
    • 0 replies
    • 6.6k views

  21. CRIBAS - MANATUTO DISTRICT - WWII IN EAST TIMOR AN AUSTRALIAN ARMY SITE AND TRAVEL GUIDE

    By Edward Willis,
    • 0 replies
    • 6.1k views

  22. FUILORO (VILA DE AVIS) - LAUTEM DISTRICT - WWII IN EAST TIMOR AN AUSTRALIAN ARMY SITE AND TRAVEL GUIDE

    By Edward Willis,
    • 0 replies
    • 3.9k views

  23. LORÉ - LAUTEM DISTRICT - WWII IN EAST TIMOR - AN AUSTRALIAN ARMY SITE AND TRAVEL GUIDE

    By Edward Willis,
    • 0 replies
    • 6.4k views

  24. LAUTEM (VILA NOVA MALACA) - LAUTEM DISTRICT - WWII IN EAST TIMOR AN AUSTRALIAN ARMY SITE AND TRAVEL GUIDE

    By Edward Willis,
    • 0 replies
    • 8.4k views

  25. THE OLD DILI CATHEDRAL – PRIME TARGET IN THE BOMBING WAR

    By Edward Willis,
    • 0 replies
    • 12.7k views
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