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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

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Pte. Keith Hayes WX12317 - 2/2 Independent Company

Pte. Keith Hayes WX12317 - 2/2 Independent Company

Pte. Keith Hayes WX12317 - 2/2 Independent Company

Dr. Leslie Poidevin NX71114 - 2/12 Field Ambulance

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Sjt. Hepburn, James Robert 1427448

Pte. Val 'Powerful' Richards TX6412 - 2/40 Infantry Battalion

Pte. Ron Cassidy TX3949 - 2/40 Infantry Battalion

SURVIVORS: Pte. Claude Longey TX4802 and Pte. Arthur Richardson TX3872 - 2/40 Infantry Battalion

The Chilcott family - two generations and two wars

Reinforcements, 40th Battalion, 2nd A.I.F., Brighton, 16 December 1941

L/Cpl. Clyde McKay TX4763 & Dvr. Lloyd Harding TX3675 - 2/40 Infantry Battalion AIF

Pte. Bert Price TX2781 - 2/40 Infantry Battalion & 2/2 Independent Company AIF

Cpl. William E. Garlick TX2759 - 4 Platoon (Carriers, HQ Co.) 2/40 Infantry Battalion

Maj. Adanto D'Amore & Louis Zamperini

Liberated Sparrow Force soldiers in Singapore, Sept 1945

Liberated Sparrow Force POWs in Sumatra, September 1945

Fl/Lt. Jack Lyle MacAlister RAAF MBE DFC

Major-General Timothy Cape VX74788, CB, CBE, DSO - Sparrow Force HQ

Capt. Rolf Baldwin VX50054 - 2/2 Independent Company

Spr. Ken Hickey NX38704 - 2/1 Fortress Engineers

Activities at 2/2 Commando Squadron camp, Rabaul, 5-8 October 1945.

2/2 Australian Cavalry Commando Squadron, Faita

Australian guerrillas on Timor, 8-24 November 1943.

Pvt. Edward Francis Saunders TX8342 - 2/40 Infantry Battalion

Maj. Adanto D'Amore - USAAF Doctor

Lt. John Strickland TX1559 - 2/40 Infantry Battalion

Gnr. Lionel 'Curley' Freeman NX39392 - 2/1 Heavy Battery RAA (& 2/2 Independent Company)

Bdr. Arthur 'Jock' Compton #1552186 - 79th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery RA

L/Cpl. Maxwell Page TX4089 - 2/40 Infantry Battalion

Cpl. Maxwell Arthur Kerkham TX3735 - 2/40 Infantry Battalion AIF

Cpl. Cedric Jessep NX38660 - 2/1 Heavy Battery RAA

PTe. Bernard Jenkins VX58934 - 2/40 Infantry Battalion

Pte. Keith Hayes WX12317 - 2/2 Independent Company

Gnr. Tom Cunnington WX17588 - 2/1 Heavy Battery

Lt. Harry Medlin SX13860 - 2/1 Fortress Company

Dr. Leslie Poidevin NX71114 - 2/12 Field Ambulance

Sgt. Albert R. Gordon - 31st Infantry, United States Army

Sgt. Bill Rose - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Gnr. Ernie Boswell #1807104 - 79th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery

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