Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te noho a Ahitereiria ki East Timor ka hoki mai ki te 13 Paenga-whāwhā 1941, i te wa i tohua ai a Group Captain David Ross hei Tumuaki Hangarau mo te Tari o Ahitereiria mo te Rererangi Taiao i Dili, te taone nui o Portuguese Timor, i whakawhiwhia ki te whakahaere i te Qantas Empire Airways Flying poti rerenga ki Dili, i whakatuhia i te Hanuere 1941. I tono huna hoki a Ross e te Kawanatanga o Ahitereiria mai i te 5 Whiringa-a-rangi 1941 ki te mahi hei māngai o Ahitereiria i te koroni ki te ripoata mo nga mea katoa e pa ana ki te ahuatanga torangapu i reira. I runga i te tono a Herbert Evatt, Minita mo nga Take o waho, i mahi hoki a Ross hei Kaunihera o Ingarangi i Dili, a, i muri mai ka mauheretia ia i te wa i mauheretia ai e nga hoia Hapanihi
I whakaekehia te koroni i te Hui-tanguru 1942. Ko te whakatū i tētahi kaunihera ki a Ross hei upoko i whakaarohia i mua i te whakaekenga o Hapanihi.