Operation Adder was a military operation conducted by Australia's Services Reconnaissance Department in Timor during World War Two 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 Cape lie Hoi, 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.
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Australian Commando raids of the Second World War
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Timor |
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New Guinea |
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Borneo |
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Singapore |
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Other Pacific |
- Townsville raid (1943)
- Operation Copper (1945)
- Operation Opossum (1945)
- Operation Walnut
- Operation Apple (1945)
- Operation Lion
- Operation Apricot
- Operation Flounder
- Operation Firtree
- Operation Turnip
- Operation Salmon
- Operation Mackerel
- Operation Tiger
- Operation Poppy
- Operation Parsnip
- Operation Potato
- Operation Goldfish
- Operation Pine Needle
- Operation Crayfish
- Operation Trout
- Operation Shark
- Operation Carrot
- Operation Radish
- Operation Asparagus
- Operation Bream
- Operation Binatang
- Operation Carpenter
- Operation Crane
- Operation Crocodile
- Operation Finch
- Operation Giraffe
- Operation Magpie
- Operation Menzies
- Operation Politician
- Operation Raven
- Operation Robin
- Operation Shrill
- Operation Squirrel
- Operation Stallion
- Operation Starfish
- Operation Swallow
- Operation Swift
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Non-Pacific Theatres |
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Proposed |
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