Manuel Jesus Pires

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Monument to Manuel Jesus Pires in Dili

Manuel Jesus Pires (* 1895 ; † 1944 ) was a Portuguese officer and colonial administrator in Portuguese Timor .

Lieutenant Pires was the administrator of the São Domingos district (today the municipality of Baucau ) in 1942 when the Japanese invaded the colony of what was actually neutral Portugal. Pires fled to Australia and returned with Allied soldiers to fight the invaders in guerrilla warfare in the Battle of Timor . Using a radio, he informed the Australians about Japanese troop movements. Pires died in 1944.

A memorial in the center of the East Timorese capital Dili has been a memorial since 1972 .

The East Timorese politician Milena Pires is the granddaughter of Manuel Jesus Pires.

literature

  • António Monteiro Cardoso: Timor na 2ª Guerra Mundial, O Diário do Tenente Pires , Centro de Estudos de História Contemporânea, Lisbon 2007.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ AHU image: Monumento ao Administrador Tem. Manuel Jesus Pires 1895-1944 ( Memento August 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on November 26, 2015.
  2. ↑ a b Timor Tourism: Lieutenant Manuel Jesus Pires Monument ( Memento of the original from November 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 26, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / timor-tourism.tl
personal data
SURNAME Pires, Manuel Jesus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese officer and colonial administrator in Portuguese Timor
DATE OF BIRTH 1895
DATE OF DEATH 1944