A component of the IJA 22nd Army was the Taiwan Mixed Brigade (台湾混成旅団), which was involved in combat operations in Guangdong Province.

[1] Instead, in January 1942 the division was transferred to the control of the IJA 16th Army in eastern Java, where it was assigned the capture of Surabaya and its strategic oil fields on 7 March 1942.

[2] Tsuchihashi launched a major counter-offensive in an attempt to push the Australians into a corner on the south coast of the island.

[3] The Japanese also recruited significant numbers of Timorese civilians, who provided intelligence on Allied movements.

The IJA 48th Division remained as a garrison force on Timor until the surrender of Japan.