Operation Adder
Operation Adder was a military operation conducted by Australia's Services Reconnaissance Department in Timor during World War II in August 1944. A party consisting of two Australian soldiers, Captain John Grimson[1] and signaller Ernest Gregg,[2] and three Portuguese Timorese, was dropped on Timor.
Japanese intelligence knew of the operation and ambushed the team on the morning of 24 August at , during which Gregg and one of the Timorese was killed. There was another skirmish later that day after which Captain Grimson was found dead through self-inflicted wounds.[3][4] The two surviving Timorese were later killed.
References[]
- ^ "Grimson, John Edward". World War II Nominal Roll. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Gregg, Ernest Harry". World War II Nominal Roll. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ Royal Australian Navy. "ML 814". navy.gov.au. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ "Ernest Gregg (NX7435, AK157) - "Z" Special Unit Commando". ozatwar.com. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
Further reading[]
- "The Official History of the Operations and Administration of] Special Operations - Australia [(SOA), also known as the Inter-Allied Services Department (ISD) and Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD)] Volume 2 - Operations Part 1 page 41-42". National Archives of Australia. pp. 106–108.
- Powell, Alan (1996). War by Stealth: Australians and the Allied Intelligence Bureau, 1942–1945. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. ISBN 0-522-84691-2.
- Silver, Lynette Ramsay (1990). The Heroes of Rimau: Unravelling the Mystery of One of World War II's Most Daring Raids Hardcover. Birchgrove, New South Wales: Sally Milner Publishing. ISBN 9781863510530.
Categories:
- Conflicts in 1944
- 1944 in Portuguese Timor
- Military operations of World War II involving Australia
- South West Pacific theatre of World War II