Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Edmund Herring

Battles of Edmund Herring

Australian Army general during World War II and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria (1892-1982)

Edmund Herring is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1942 and 1943: 4 battles, all in present-day Papua New Guinea. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,438 km apart end to end, 479 km between engagements on average. Most belong to South West Pacific theater of World War II (2), Pacific War (2).

Battle of Buna–GonaOperation CartwheelLanding at NadzabBattle of Scarlet BeachBattle of Buna–GonaOperation CartwheelLanding at NadzabBattle of Scarlet BeachLaeMt. HagenGorokaMadangMendiSohanoHoskinsKimbeKundiawaKerema500 km6.423S, 149.436E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1942: 1 engagements1943: 3 engagements3 in 194319421943
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Buna–Gona, 1942Operation Cartwheel, 1943Landing at Nadzab, 1943Battle of Scarlet Beach, 194319421943
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
16 November 1942Battle of Buna–GonaBuna, Papua New GuineaAllied victory
30 June 1943Operation CartwheelMelanesia, Papua New Guinea651 km NEAllied victory
5 September 1943Landing at NadzabNadzab, Papua New Guinea660 km SWAllied victory
22 September 1943Battle of Scarlet BeachHuon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea127 km EAllied victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, William Dargie, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.