Liberated Sparrow Force soldiers in Singapore, Sept 1945
Although Sumatra had not yet been occupied by Allied troops, Dakota aircraft of RAF, RAAF, and Royal New Zealand Air Force started flying...
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The Sparrows
–Battle of Britain gunners
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Liberated Sparrow Force POWs in Sumatra, September 1945
Pakanbaru POW Camp Sumatra, POWs waiting their turn to be evacuated watch other RAAF aircraft leaving for Singapore. RAAF aircrews...
Fl/Lt. Jack Lyle MacAlister RAAF MBE DFC
(Originally published at this link) Jack's 1934 Cadet photo. Jack is an animated character that features in the story of Sparrow. He...
Major-General Timothy Cape VX74788, CB, CBE, DSO - Sparrow Force HQ
(Filmed September 1992) On Timor in 1942, then Major Timothy Frederick Cape 381 (VP7430, VX74788) of the 23rd Brigade & Australian Army...
Capt. Rolf Baldwin VX50054 - 2/2 Independent Company
(Filmed September 1992) Here is the complete interview that the Australian War Memorial conducted with former A Platoon Commander in the...
Spr. Ken Hickey NX38704 - 2/1 Fortress Engineers
Sapper Ken Hickey of the 2/1 Fortress Engineers was one of the real heroes of Sparrow Force. Alongside Malcolm Livingstone, they manned a...
Activities at 2/2 Commando Squadron camp, Rabaul, 5-8 October 1945.
Many of the soldiers seen in this film were photographed by Damien Parer in Timor. Mainly the troops are shown relaxing and swimming....
2/2 Australian Cavalry Commando Squadron, Faita
In an isolated village called Faita, this Cavalry Squadron, which first saw action in Timor, live independently in native huts. Large...
Australian guerrillas on Timor, 8-24 November 1943.
Damien Parer's forward: "This film of the Timor Force [i.e Sparrow Force, 2/2 Independent Company, AIF] is dedicated to those many...
Pvt. Edward Francis Saunders TX8342 - 2/40 Infantry Battalion
TX8342 PTE Saunders, Edward Francis. D Coy Reinforcements. Died of cerebral abscess Usapa 21 Mar 1942. Craig Woodhall's great uncle....
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