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- catalog abstract ""In 1941-42, Archie Campbell was a lieutenant in the "Sparrow Force," the 300 men of the 2/2nd Independent Company in a 14-month campaign of ambushes and hit-and-run tactics which effectively pinned down more than 15,000 Japanese troops in East Timor. This book recounts the bloodless Australian landing in Portuguese East Timor, military actions against the Japanese, and eventual evacuation to Darwin. Central to Campbell's experience is the ambush and execution of a section from his platoon, shortly after the Japanese landing in Dili. In 1973, Archie returned to East Timor to meet Barana, the East Timorese man who, as a 12-year-old boy, helped and protected him during the campaign. Each Timorese boy who helped a commando and guarded him while he slept, was called that commando's criado. Ken White accompanied Archie in the 1973 journey to East Timor to find Barana. He has used excerpts from Archie's own diary to tell the story of their first meeting after 30 years." "Historical background on the centuries of Portuguese rule, the Japanese occupation and the more recent Indonesian invasion and incorporation add to the value of this book as another chapter in the Australia-East Timor story."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Story of East Timor".
- catalog contributor b12540276.
- catalog contributor b12540277.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""In 1941-42, Archie Campbell was a lieutenant in the "Sparrow Force," the 300 men of the 2/2nd Independent Company in a 14-month campaign of ambushes and hit-and-run tactics which effectively pinned down more than 15,000 Japanese troops in East Timor. This book recounts the bloodless Australian landing in Portuguese East Timor, military actions against the Japanese, and eventual evacuation to Darwin. Central to Campbell's experience is the ambush and execution of a section from his platoon, shortly after the Japanese landing in Dili. In 1973, Archie returned to East Timor to meet Barana, the East Timorese man who, as a 12-year-old boy, helped and protected him during the campaign. Each Timorese boy who helped a commando and guarded him while he slept, was called that commando's criado. Ken White accompanied Archie in the 1973 journey to East Timor to find Barana. He has used excerpts from Archie's own diary to tell the story of their first meeting after 30 years." "Historical background on the centuries of Portuguese rule, the Japanese occupation and the more recent Indonesian invasion and incorporation add to the value of this book as another chapter in the Australia-East Timor story."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 171).".
- catalog extent "175 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0957873549".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Briar Hill, Vic. : Indra Pub.,".
- catalog spatial "Australia".
- catalog spatial "Australia.".
- catalog spatial "Indonesia.".
- catalog subject "Australia. Australian Army. Independent Company, 2/2nd.".
- catalog subject "Campbell, Archie, 1916-".
- catalog subject "D767.7 .W55 2002".
- catalog subject "Veterans Australia Biography.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Indonesia.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, Australian.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Veterans Australia.".
- catalog title "Criado : a story of East Timor / Ken White ; [foreword by Jose Ramos Horta].".
- catalog title "Story of East Timor".
- catalog type "text".