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Sparrow Force was a detachment based on the 2/40th Australian Infantry Battalion and other British and Australian 8th Division units during World War II. The force was formed to defend the island of Timor from invasion by the Empire of Japan. It formed the main part of the Allied units in the Battle of Timor.

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  • Sparrow Force was a detachment based on the 2/40th Australian Infantry Battalion and other British and Australian 8th Division units during World War II. The force was formed to defend the island of Timor from invasion by the Empire of Japan. It formed the main part of the Allied units in the Battle of Timor.
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  • Sparrow Force
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  • Koepang, Timor
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  • (+ 152 joined from West Timor)
  • 23px2/1st Heavy Battery – 132
  • 23px2/2nd Ind. Co.– 282
  • 23px2/40 Inf. Bn. AIF– 944
  • 23px79 LAA Bty RA– 189
  • 23pxAttached units – 305
  • 23pxTotal – 1852
  • East Timor
  • West Timor
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  • "They Alone Did Not Surrender"
  • – Winston Churchill
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  • Frustrate enemy advance
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