Around 60 men from the
KNIL were to be inserted onto Timor by the
Australian navy to undertake
guerrilla warfare against the
Japanese. Australian ships were constantly attacked by Japanese planes and on 1 December 1942
HMAS Armidale was sunk with heavy loss of life; most of the survivors died.[3]
References
^"Timor Campaign". Australians at War Film Archive. Department of Veterans' Affairs. Archived from
the original on 28 February 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
Around 60 men from the
KNIL were to be inserted onto Timor by the
Australian navy to undertake
guerrilla warfare against the
Japanese. Australian ships were constantly attacked by Japanese planes and on 1 December 1942
HMAS Armidale was sunk with heavy loss of life; most of the survivors died.[3]
References
^"Timor Campaign". Australians at War Film Archive. Department of Veterans' Affairs. Archived from
the original on 28 February 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.