<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Amabutho e-AIF nawo athunyelwa evela eDarwin eya e-Netherlands East Indies NEI emasontweni okuqala eMpi YasePacific. Amabutho aqinisiwe avela ku-23rd Brigade athunyelwa eKoepang eNtshonalanga Timor Sparrow Force nasesiqhingini sase-Ambon 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 linqotshwe ngemuva kokuthi amaJapane efike lapho ngomhlaka-20 kuFebhuwari futhi anikezela, ama-commandos ase-Australia enza umzabalazo  <response>: umkhankaso wamavukela-mbuso wokulwa namaJapane ePortuguese Timor kwaze kwaba ngoFebhuwari 1943. iVoyager futhi yalahleka ngoSepthemba nangoDisemba 1942, ngokulandelana, ngenkathi isebenza ukusekela ama-commando. 