Operation Source - X-craft and Crews

X-craft and Crews

• X-5 — unofficially named Platypus, commanded by Henty-Creer, crew S-Lt Nelson, Midshipman Malcolm, and ERA Mortiboys; passage crew Lt Terry-Lloyd (commanding), LS Element, Stoker Garrity. Henty-Creer, Nelson, Malcolm, and Mortiboys were killed in the attack, though X-5's exact fate is unknown.
• X-6 — named Piker II, commanded by Lt Donald Cameron, crew Lt J. T. Lorimer, S-Lt. R. Kendall, and ERA Goddard; passage crew Lt Wilson (commanding), LS McGregor, Stoker Oxley. Cameron earned a Victoria Cross (VC), Lorimer and Kendall the Distinguished Service Order (DSO), Goddard a Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (CGM).
• X-7 — unofficially named Pdinichthys, commanded by Lt Basil Place, crew S-Lt Aitken, Lt Whittam, and ERA Whiteley; passage crew Lt Philip (commanding), LS J. J. Magennis, Stoker Luck. Place also earned a VC, Aitken the DSO, while Philip was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE); Whittam and Whiteley were killed.)
• X-8 — commanded by Lt McFarlane Royal Australian Navy (Smart was passage crew commander.)
• X-9 — commanded by Lt Martin RN
• X-10 — unofficially named Excalibur, commanded by Lt Hudspeth Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve