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A history of the 2nd Independent Company and 2/2 Commando Squadron / compiled by C.D. Doig
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940.5425 DOI
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Publisher:
Trafalgar, Vic.: Valley Word Processing Service
Year:
1986
Description:
270 p., [20] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 29 cm.
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073160668X
Notes:
Cover title.
Also titled: The history of the Second Independent Company
Signed by the author.
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Book
Abstract:
The story of the Double Red Diamonds who fought the Japanese in Timor.
Contents:
Formation -- Wilson's Promontory training camp -- Adelaide -- Northern Territory -- Bound for Timor -- The stormclouds gather -- The storm breaks -- During the tempest -- Tragedy strikes -- The force rallies -- Journey to Dutch Timor -- Meeting the challenge
-- Timor under the Japanese -- Timor as we found it -- Reorganisation and reconstruction -- The Singapore Tiger ambush -- After the Dili raid -- The August push -- The native war -- The story of "H" force -- After the August push -- The final battles of Timor -- Withdrawals -- Home sweet home -- Training & reorganisation -- The unit is on the move again -- The skirmishes begin -- A change of role and area -- 2/2 back on their own and a change of name -- The end of the battle : on to Bululo -- Returning home again (Reviewing the New Guinea campaign) -- Reforming and retraining -- It's on again and in New Britain -- Final days of the campaign : the unit breaks up -- A proud record indeed.
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