| Description |
xxix, 407 pages, plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm |
| Summary |
In February 1941 the 2/40th was earmarked for deployment to Dutch West Timor to protect the airfields in the event of a Japanese attack. However, it was thought premature deployment might provoke Japanese action and the battalion was held back in the Northern Territory until Japans intentions were clear. It left Bonegilla at the end of March and began arriving in Katherine on 16 April. The next move, to Noonamah, just south of Darwin, occurred during June and July. Once Japan made its intentions obvious with simultaneous attacks throughout the Asia-Pacific region on 7 to 8 December 1941, the 2/40th was rushed to Timor. It departed Darwin on 10 December, arriving at Koepang two days later. The 2/40th formed the bulk of S2Sparrow ForceS3, which defended the airfield at Penfui, the operational base for the Hudson bombers of 2 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Notes |
Includes awards and list of men who served overseas |
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Index: p. 396-407 |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 391-395 |
| Subject |
Australia.
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Australia. Australian Army. Battalion, 2/40th. -- History
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Australia. Australian Army. Australian Imperial Force (1940-1947). Battalion, 2/40th -- History.
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Leadership.
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Mateship (Australia)
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Prisoners of war -- Australia -- Biography.
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Prisoners of war -- Australia.
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Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Biography.
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Prisoners of war -- Japan.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Australian.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- Australia.
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| Genre/Form |
Personal narratives.
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| LC no. |
95139079 |
| ISBN |
1863737634 |
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