Faʻatumu le fuaiupu lea: O le iai o Ausetalia i Timor i Sasaʻe e amata mai i le aso 13 Aperila 1941, ina ua tofia aloaia le Group Captain David Ross e avea ma Technical Representative o le Australian Department of Civil Aviation i Dili, le laumua o Potukale Timor, na tofia aloaia e pulea le Qantas Empire Airways Flying boat route i Dili, lea na faʻatuina ia Ianuari 1941. Na tofia faalilolilo foʻi Ross e le Malo o Ausetalia i le aso 5 Novema 1941, e avea ma sui o Ausetalia i le kolone e lipoti atu i so o se mataupu e faatatau i le tulaga faaupufai i inā. I le uunaʻiga a le Minisita o le Va i Fafo o Herbert Evatt, sa avea ai foʻi Ross ma Konesula o Peretania i Dili, ma na mulimuli ane puʻea faapagotaina o ia ina ua ō atu fitafita a Iapani
na osofaʻia le kolone ia Fepuari 1942. O le faavaeina o se konesula ma Ross e avea ma ona taʻitaʻi, sa talanoaina a o leʻi osofaʻia Iapani.