A debt of honour, Australians in Timor, 1942

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1942, the Japanese were victorious throughout Asia. A small band of Australian Independent Company soldiers kept 20,000 Japanese at bay, stopping them reinforcing the Japanese in New Guinea, and elsewhere. They could not have done it without the Timorese natives, whom the Australians owed a debt of honour.

A Debt of Honour - Australia East Timor War Documentary - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jqzp9xqeoug)

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The double Reds story.

The DoubleReds Story - 2/2 Commando Association of Australia (https://doublereds.org.au/history/story/)

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The doomed Battalion, 2/40th.

75 Years On - 2/40 - the 'Doomed Battalion' - Men from the 2/40 who fought on with the Doublereds in Portuguese Timor - History - 2/2 Commando Association of Australia (https://doublereds.org.au/forums/topic/122-75-years-on-240-the-doomed-battalion-men-from-the-240-who-fought-on-with-the-doublereds-in-portuguese-timor/)

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The Armidale tragedy. Armidale was to collect men of the 2/2 and return them to Australia.

The 'Armidale' Tragedy and Heroic Teddy Sheean - History - 2/2 Commando Association of Australia (https://doublereds.org.au/forums/topic/125-the-armidale-tragedy-and-heroic-teddy-sheean/)

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Damian Parer on Timor.

Sparrow Force - The Men of Timor - Damian Parer Documentary - Video & Audio - 2/2 Commando Association of Australia (https://doublereds.org.au/archives/video-and-audio/sparrow-force-the-men-of-timor-damian-parer-documentary-r10/)

The Tiger of Singapore.

Ray Aitken - Sparrow Force - The Singapore Tiger - Video & Audio - 2/2 Commando Association of Australia (https://doublereds.org.au/archives/video-and-audio/ray-aitken-sparrow-force-the-singapore-tiger-r8/)

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Story of the 2/40th.

SPARROW FORCE INTERVIEWS: #2 Bert Price - 2/40 Infantry Battalion & 2/2 Independent Company AIF - YouTube (https://youtu.be/7OU3Xn-gncg)