BETANO, PORTUGUESE TIMOR 1945-12-15

Autor/Urheber:

SERGEANT K. B. DAVIS

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BETANO, PORTUGUESE TIMOR 1945-12-15. IT WAS ON THIS BEACH THAT THE MANY OF THE MEN OF THE 2/2ND AND 2/4TH INDEPENDENT COMPANIES EMBARKED, DISEMBARKED AND RECEIVED STORES DURING THEIR STAY IN TIMOR. ON THE LEFT IS THE HULK OF HMAS VOYAGER. THE DESTROYER CAME TO TIMOR BRINGING THE MAIN BODY OF THE 2/4TH INDEPENDENT COMPANY TO REINFORCE THE 2/2ND INDEPENDENT COMPANY. DURING THE DISEMBARKATION SHE DRIFTED ONTO A SAND BANK AND BECAME EMBEDDED. UNABLE TO MOVE SHE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DISABLED BY EXPLODING A DEPTH CHARGE IN HER. PRIOR TO THIS SHE WAS BOMBED BY JAPANESE AIRCRAFT WHICH SCORED ONE HIT FOR THE LOSS OF ONE OF THEIR PLANES.

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Australian War Memorial

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