Ia faaauau pea le parakalafa lenei - I le lotolotoi o le fefefe i se osofaʻiga a Iapani agai i Ausetalia, na auina atu ai le 2nd Independent Company i Timor, o se vaega o le Sparrow Force, faatasi ai ma le &lt;a href="2/40th%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/40th Battalion&lt;/a&gt; ma se vaega toʻaitiiti o fana. Ina ua taunuu i Dili i le aso 17 o Tesema 1941, o le toatele o le 2nd Independent Company na siitia atu e puipuia le malaevaalele o Dili i sasae o Timor, ae o isi vaega na aveina tulaga i mauga lata ane. Na osofaʻia e Iapani Timora
I le aso 20 Fepuari 1942, na osofaʻia ai i le taimi e tasi le itu i sasaʻe ma le itu i sisifo o Timor, ma vave ona faatoʻilaloina ai le vaega toʻaitiiti o fitafita Ausetalia ma Holani. E leʻi mafai e le 2nd Independent Company ona taofia le malaevaalele, ma na faamalosia ai i latou e sosola i mauga, lea na latou tau ai se taua faasaga i tagata Iapani mo le silia i le tausaga.