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The story of
The Sparrows
–Battle of Britain gunners
who defended Timor
as part of Sparrow Force
during World War II.





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Sjt. Hepburn, James Robert 1427448
I knew my father was a prisoner of war in the Far East and that at the end of the war he was repatriated back to the UK via Canada. He...


Bdr. Arthur 'Jock' Compton #1552186 - 79th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery RA
Until about ten years ago very little was known about my uncle's war by his wife and sisters.They knew he had been a Japanese POW... We...


Gnr. Ernie Boswell #1807104 - 79th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery
We were called up early in 1941 and were the first 19 year old conscripts and we were off to Blackpool. After eight weeks we had all...

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