Donald Gilbert Kennedy | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 1898 |
| Died | 1976 Bayly’s Beach, New Zealand |
| Occupation(s) | teacher, colonial administrator |
Donald Gilbert Kennedy (March 1898 – 1976) was a teacher, then an administrator in the British colonial service in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony and the British Solomon Islands Protectorate. For his services as a Coastwatcher during the Pacific War (World War II), he was awarded the DSO,[1][2][3] and the Navy Cross (U.S.).[4][Note 1] He published journal articles and books on the material culture of Vaitupu atoll, land tenure, and the language of the Ellice Islands.[2][3]
- ^ "Major Kennedy Decorated". XIV(5) Pacific Islands Monthly. 17 December 1943. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ a b Laracy, Hugh (2013). "Chapter 11 - Donald Gilbert Kennedy (1897-1967) An outsider in the Colonial Service" (PDF). Watriama and Co: Further Pacific Islands Portraits. Australian National University Press. ISBN 9781921666322.
- ^ a b Butcher, Mike (2012). ... when the long trick's over: Donald Kennedy in the Pacific. Holland House, Kennington, Vic. ISBN 978-0-9871627-0-0.
- ^ a b "Full Text Citations For Award of The Navy Cross". To Foreign Personnel - World War II. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
Cite error: There are <ref group=Note> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=Note}} template (see the help page).