Sparrow Force & Timor Memorial
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Key information
Frazer Street
Marrickville NSW 2204
Australia
- Second World War, 1939–45
Frazer Street
Marrickville NSW 2204
Australia
Within days of the outbreak of the Pacific war in December 1941, the largely Australian “Sparrow Force” was sent to Timor.
Leslie “Barney” Allen was born at Sisters Creek, Tasmania on 24 September 1918, the eldest son of Albert and Ruby Allen.
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