<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Amabutho e-AIF nawo athunyelwa eDarwin aya e-Netherlands East Indies NEI emasontweni okuqala eMpi YasePacific. Amabutho aqiniswayo asuka ku- 8th Divisions third brigade, the 23rd, athunyelwa eKoepang eNtshonalanga Timor njengengxenye ye Sparrow Force futhi aya esiqhingini sase-Ambon njenge Gull Force ukuvikela lezi zindawo ezibucayi ekuhlaselweni yiJapane. I a href22nd20Commando20Squadron2028Australia2922nd Independent Companya nayo yathunyelwa eDili ePortuguese Timor ngokwephula ukungathathi hlangothi kwePortugal. Amandla ase-Ambon anqotshwa ngokufika kweJapane ngoJanuwari 30 futhi anikezela ngoFebhuwari 3, 1942. Iziboshwa zase - Australia ezingaphezu kuka - 300 kamuva zabulawa amabutho aseJapane ochungechungeni lokubulawa kwabantu abaningi phakathi no - February. Ngenkathi ibutho laseKoepang linqotshiwe ngemuva kokuthi amaJapane efike lapho ngomhlaka-20 Februwari futhi anikezela, ama-commando ase-Australia aqhuba umkhankaso wamavukela mbuso  <response>: ngokumelene namaJapane ePortuguese Timor kwaze kwaba ngoFebhuwari 1943. 