Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Harold Barrowclough

Battles of Harold Barrowclough

New Zealand general and judge (1894–1972)

Harold Barrowclough is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1943 and 1944: 5 battles across 2 present-day countries, most in Papua New Guinea (3), Solomon Islands (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,828 km apart end to end, 457 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War II (2), Pacific War (2), South West Pacific theater of World War II (1).

New Georgia CampaignOperation CartwheelLand Battle of Vella LavellaBougainville CampaignBattle of the Green IslandsNew Georgia CampaignOperation CartwheelLand Battle of Vella LavellaBougainville CampaignBattle of the Green IslandsKietaGizoSohanoHoskinsKimbe500 km6.348S, 154.753E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1943: 4 engagements4 in 19431944: 1 engagements19431944
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

New Georgia Campaign, 1943Operation Cartwheel, 1943Land Battle of Vella Lavella, 1943Bougainville Campaign, 1943Battle of the Green Islands, 194419431944
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
20 June 1943New Georgia CampaignNew Georgia Islands, Solomon IslandsAllied victory
30 June 1943Operation CartwheelMelanesia, Papua New Guinea744 km NWAllied victory
6 October 1943Land Battle of Vella LavellaVella Lavella, Solomon Islands631 km SEAllied victory
1 November 1943Bougainville CampaignBougainville Island, Papua New Guinea255 km NWAllied victory
20 February 1944Battle of the Green IslandsGreen Islands, Papua New Guinea198 km NWAllied 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, Stanley Polkinghorne Andrew, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.