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The epic of the Men of Timor.(The Independents)(Book Review)
The Independents, by Jim Smailes; 2nd/2nd Commando Association, Perth, no price.
IT IS RARE to find a treasure, even a small one, I being given away. It did, however, happen to me I at Fremantle not long ago when I visited the Army at Museum. With the display of the 2nd/2nd Independent Company's guerrilla campaign in Timor in 1942 was a little pile of books, The Independents, by Jim Smailes, and a notice, "Please Take One".
I took one. Having had a quick look at it, I exceeded my orders and took three more: one for each of my step-children, whose grandfather fought in Timor, and one for a friend whose uncle was also there. That afternoon I took it to ...
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