Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I muri i te pakarutanga o te Pakanga o te Moananui-a-Kiwa, i tukuna a "Kuru" ki roto i te RAN i te marama o Tihema 1941 hei kaipuke tirotiro awhina. I whai wāhi nui a HMAS "Kuru" ki te Pakanga o Timor
mai i te marama o Mei 1942, ā, he maha ngā haerenga tuku taonga ki te motu.