What the records say
- When
- 20 Feb 1942
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 17
- Coordinates
- 8.55° S, 125.58° E
- Description
- execution of Australian POWs during Battle of Timor
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Ration truck massacre
Execution of Australian POWs during Battle of Timor
The Ration truck massacre or the 1942 Dili massacre refers to the execution of 14 Australian soldiers and the killing of three others on 20 February 1942 in Portuguese Timor, during the Japanese invasion of Timor.
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