<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: 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. Ngokugqugquzelwa uHerbert Evatt, uNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle, uRoss wayephinde akhonze njengoMmeli WaseBrithani eDili futhi kamuva waboshwa lapho amabutho aseJapane  <response>: lahlasela leli koloni ngo-February 1942. Ukusungulwa kwe-consulate noRoss njengenhloko yayo kwakuxoxwe ngakho ngaphambi kokuhlasela kwamaJapane. 