Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin tsoron ci gaban Jafananci zuwa babban yankin Ostiraliya, an tura Kamfanin Mai Zaman Kanta na 2 zuwa Timor, a matsayin wani ɓangare na Sparrow Force, tare da &lt;a href="2/40th%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/40th Battalion&lt;/a&gt; da ƙaramin ƙarfin makamai. Bayan isowa Dili a ranar 17 ga Disamba, 1941, yawancin Kamfanin Mai Zaman Kanta na 2 ya koma don kare filin jirgin saman Dili a gabashin Timor, yayin da wasu abubuwa suka dauki matsayi a tsaunukan da ke kusa. Jafananci sun mamaye Timor
a ranar 20 ga Fabrairun 1942, sun kai hari ga gabashin da yammacin Timor a lokaci guda, da sauri sun mamaye karamin karfi na masu kare Australiya da Holland. Ba tare da wata matsala ba, kamfanin na 2 na Independent ba zai iya rike filin jirgin sama ba kuma an tilasta masa komawa cikin duwatsu, daga inda za su yi yakin basasa a kan Jafananci fiye da shekara guda.