Battle of Timor
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The Battle of Timor occurred in Portuguese Timor and Dutch Timor during the Second World War. Japanese forces invaded the island on 19 February 1942 and were resisted by a small, under-equipped force
An Australian commando, possibly Sergeant Bill Tomasetti of the 2/2nd Independent Company, in typical mountain terrain on Timor, on 12 December 1942 (Photograph by Damien Parer)
Destroyed Chinese school in Aileu, Portuguese Timor
The East Timorese village of Mindelo (Turiscai) is burnt to the ground by Australian guerillas to prevent its use as a Japanese base. 12 December 1942.
Signaller Keith Richards, Corporal John Donovan and Sergeant Frank Press (left to right), from the Australian 2/2nd Independent Company, using a radio on a mountain top in Japanese-occupied Timor, in about November 1942 (Photograph by Damien Parer)
Dom Aleixo
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Nai-Seço, better known under the name of Dom Aleixo, was a Timorese chieftain who was aligned with the Portuguese during the East Timorese rebellion of 1911–1912 and World War II. He died fighting the
Battle of Timor
…States Portuguese Timor Japan Commanders and leaders William Leggatt William Veale Alexander Spence Bernard Callinan Douglas MacArthur Nico van Straten Dom Aleixo Manuel Pires (POW) Sadashichi Doi (invasion) Yuitsu Tsuchihashi (later campaign) Units involved Sparrow Force Black Columns 228th Infantry Regiment…
Aleixo Corte-Real in 1940
Aleixo Corte-Real in 1918
Skulls of Dom Aleixo and his three sons