Did East Timor have any involvement in World War II?

"The Battle of Timor occurred in Portuguese Timor and Dutch Timor during the Second World War. Japanese forces invaded the island on 20 February 1942 and were resisted by a small, under-equipped force of Allied military personnel-known as Sparrow Force-predominantly from Australia, United Kingdom, and the Netherlands East Indies.

Although Portugal was not a combatant, many East Timorese civilians and Portuguese European colonists fought with the Allies or provided them with food, shelter and other assistance. Some Timorese continued a resistance campaign following the Australian withdrawal. For this, they paid a heavy price and tens of thousands of Timorese civilians died as a result of the Japanese occupation, which lasted until the end of the war in 1945.