SPARROW FORCE
Dutch West Timor & Portuguese East Timor
1941-1942
Most recent update ...
May, 2016
NEW!!! Peter
Henning's 'Doomed Battalion' - revised & updated - 59ドル.95
Out of print copies (1995) fetched 200ドル+, new edition is bigger & so
much better
See our 'Shop' page for books, DVD's, &c.
Dr. Prof. Edwin (Harry) Medlin of Crafers West,
S.A. (Adelaide University)
Lieut E.H. Medlin, SX 13860, 2/1st Fort. Eng. RAE,
'Footsteps of Sparrow Force'
and 'Guns & Gear of Sparrow Force'
Thank you Harry. We are all enriched with your acquaintance, r.i.p.,
E.H.M. 4/1/1920 - 6/3/2013
Tom Uren,
former Bombadier, 2/1st Heavy Battery at Klapalima,
and later prominent Labor Party politician, passed away 28/5/1920
- 24/1/2015
A Short History—
Pre-embarkation
Dutch West Timor
Portuguese East Timor
Sparrow Force Units—
Australian, British & N.E.I:
2/40th Infantry Battalion
2/1st
Heavy Battery, Fortress Engineers, Signals
2/11th Field Company
2/12th Field Ambulance
18th Anti-Tank Battery
75th Light Aid Detachment
22nd Dental Unit
Australian Army Service Corps
23rd Brigade Signals
2nd Independent Company
79th Light Anti-Aircraft
Battery
Netherlands East Indies
Forces
Gallery—
Unit
groups
Personnel
To Darwin 1941
Timor 1941-1942
Japanese
Today
Memorials
Archives—
A
Timeline
Nominal Rolls
Other 'Bird' Forces
References—
Books
DVD & Computer CDs
Credits & Sponsors
Visiting West Timor
Links—
Relevant Websites
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