TIMOR ISLAND
Japanese Claim Success [Aust. & N.Z. Cable Assn.] (Rec. 1.5.) LONDON, Feb. 23. A Tokio report states that the Domei News Agency refers to the Japanese forces which landed at Dilli, in Timor Island on Friday. It is claimed that they occupied the aerodrome there, after repelling enemy troops. Meanwhile, it states, Japanese troops which landed in the vicinity of Koepang, in Dutch Timor, are reported to be closing in on Koepang, and to have delivered a violent attack on the Australian and Dutch troops there.
TIMOR SEA
BOMBING OF ALLIED SHIPS FAILS. (Rec. 1.20..) CANBERRA, Feb. 23; “Allied shipping in Timor Sea was again bombed by Japanese flyingboats during the week-end but as far as is known it was without success, said the Air Minister, Hon. Mr Drakeford, to-day.
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Grey River Argus, 24 February 1942, Page 5
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