Footsteps of Sparrow Force

[eiclan]

Just proves that the " never give up" attitude will always win.WE still owe a lot to the Timorese people for their help,it is a debt of gratitude that we can only continue to pay!

[tlvaughn]

Any donation over $50 will receive a complimentary copy of the production documentary on DVD when it's released.

It has been a while and I actually forgot about this, but were the complimentary copies ever sent out for those that donated over $50?

[Badger]

It has been a while and I actually forgot about this, but were the complimentary copies ever sent out for those that donated over $50?

As we understand it, yes ....

Ian was sent a list with emails of all donators over $50. I understand he sent out complimentary copies to that group.

Here's a thread where members who had received their copies were posting ..

Footsteps of Sparrow Force - West Timor 1941-42

I assume you're asking because you haven't received your copy? If so, I sent Ian a note asking him to check in here about it...

Thanks..

Regards,
Doug

[Ian Skennerton]

With the list of 18 donors for $50 and over, we e-mailed each but four members did not respond with their postal delivery addresses, hence we could not forward their complimentary copies. These members, according to my list, were...
Badger
trademarklondon
Ablationman
saddler
Please send your postal delivery address to me, idskennerton@hotmail.com so we can post your copies out.
Thank-you again, Ian

[tlvaughn]

With the list of 18 donors for $50 and over, we e-mailed each but four members did not respond with their postal delivery addresses, hence we could not forward their complimentary copies. These members, according to my list, were...
Badger
trademarklondon
Ablationman
saddler
Please send your postal delivery address to me, idskennerton@hotmail.com so we can post your copies out.
Thank-you again, Ian

Thanks for the response Ian; however, I think I found the problem, after looking at the list of donors, there were 20 donations of $50.00 or more. I made my $100 donation in October 2010, so I'm not sure what happened, but I will send my mailing info to the address above; however, if you are unable to confirm my donation, do not worry about sending a copy.

Thank you

[eiclan]

just unpacked the video ,hope to watch it tonight. Cheers Ross

[jmoore]

It appears i missed boat on the DVD as well. Will try and remember to send an email this evening during the daily email check.

[eiclan]

Watched the video the other night and It was very informative and put light on a piece of Australian war history I was mainly unaware of.great job guys! Cheers Ross Ingham

[Ian Skennerton]

As you will learn in the DVD, there was a Sparrow Force contingent on Dutch West Timor and another on Portuguese East Timor. West Timor had regular infantry, gunners, engineers and support groups, so no sniper rifles. This group was protecting an airfield and the 6-in guns. The 2nd Ind. Coy. (commando) were on East Timor and there are quite a few of Damien Parer's stills and movie shots of the Pattern '14 (T) in use there. At a guess, I would say one per platoon (commando platoons were about 3-4x the size of regular infantry platoons, another ploy to disguise their status). So that would probably mean 3 or 4 Patt. 1914 (T) rifles on East Timor. Favourite snipers were ex-kangaroo shooters.
Cheers, Ian[COLOR="black"]

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[charlesderuyterII]

Hello Ian. My dad was part of the Dutch portion of Sparrow Force. Does your documentary include any dutch forces?