<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ukuba khona kwezombusazwe e-Australia e-East Timor kwaqala ngo-13 Ephreli 1941, lapho uKaputeni weqembu uDavid Ross, aqokwa ngokusemthethweni njengoMmeli Wezobuchwepheshe woMnyango Wezindiza Zomphakathi wase-Australia eDili, inhloko-dolobha yasePortuguese Timor, enikezwe umsebenzi ngokusemthethweni wokuphatha umzila wesikebhe saseQantas Empire Airways esiya eDili, esasungulwa ngoJanuwari 1941. URoss wayephinde wathunywa ngasese nguHulumeni wase-Australia kusukela ngomhlaka-5 Novemba 1941 ukuba abe ngummeli wase-Australia kule koloni ukuze abike nganoma yiziphi izindaba eziphathelene nesimo sezepolitiki lapho. Ngokukhuthazwa uHerbert Evatt, uNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle, uRoss wayephinde akhonze njengenxusa laseBrithani eDili futhi kamuva waboshwa lapho amabutho aseJapane ehlasela leli koloni  <response>: ngo-February ka-1942. Ukusungulwa kwe-consulate noRoss njengenhloko yayo kwakuxoxwe ngakho ngaphambi kokuhlasela kwamaJapane. 