Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An kuma tura sojojin AIF daga Darwin zuwa Netherlands East Indies (NEI) a farkon makonnin yakin Pacific. An tura rundunonin da aka karfafa daga Brigade na 23 zuwa Koepang a Yammacin Timor ('Sparrow Force') da tsibirin Ambon ('Gull Force') don kare wadannan wurare masu mahimmanci daga harin Japan. An kuma aika da &lt;a href="2/2nd%20Commando%20Squadron%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/2nd Independent Company&lt;/a&gt; zuwa Dili a cikin Portuguese Timor a cikin keta tsakani na Portugal. Sojojin Ambon sun ci nasara da saukar Japan a ranar 30 ga Janairu, kuma sun mika wuya a ranar 3 ga Fabrairu, 1942. Fiye da fursunonin Ostiraliya 300 ne sojojin Japan suka kashe a jerin kisan gilla a watan Fabrairu. Duk da yake an ci sojojin a Koepang bayan da Jafananci suka sauka a can a ranar 20 ga Fabrairu kuma suka mika wuya, kwamandojin Ostiraliya sun yi yakin basasa.
a kan Jafananci a cikin Portuguese Timor har zuwa Fabrairu 1943. "Voyager" kuma sun ɓace a watan Satumba da Disamba 1942, bi da bi, yayin da suke aiki don tallafawa kwamandojin.