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Cranston Fine Arts  Naval Art and Artists Veteran Signatures Surnames A to B  Bergius, Adam |
[UP] - Acuna, Miguel - Adams, Paul - Alsen, Wilhelm - Anson, Sir Edward - Baber, John - Baberg, Kurt - Bailey, Leslie - Baines, Edward - Barker, L - Bennett, Bill - Bergius, Adam - Bielig, Gerhard - Blyth, Sir Charles - Bode, Thilo - Boutwood, John - Bovey, N H - Brammen, Erich - Brasack, Paul - Briggs, Ted - Bunce, Donald - Burnett, Philip |
Sub-Lieutenant Adam Bergius DSC
A naval diver, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for one particularly dangerous mission near Japanese-held Saigon in 1945. Tasked with severing two underwater communications cables to force the Japanese to send messages which could be intercepted, the midget submarine XE-4 commanded by Max Shean scoured the sea bed for hours to find one of the cables. Another diver severed that cable, returning with a piece of it as proof. Later, and much deeper, Bergius was sent out to cut the second cable. With a faulty cutter, his first attempt failed and he returned to XE-4. In the recent times before this dive, two experienced divers had been lost attempting similar tasks at this depth. However, with determination and a replacement cutter, Bergius returned with a length of the severed cable on the second attempt. The X-craft escaped and met up with the larger towing submarine HMS Spearhead, returning to a victorious welcome in the Philippines. He died on 3rd March 2009.
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| Distinguished Service Cross |
| Sub-Lieutenant Adam Bergius DSC - Signed Naval Art |
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Clipped Signature - Adam Bergius. A naval diver who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for completing a perilous mission with midget submarine XE-4. Tasked with cutting an undersea Japanese communications cable, he succeeded in cutting the critical wire despite enormous risk at the depth. He died in 2009. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures. |
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