Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Theodore Stark Wilkinson

Battles of Theodore Stark Wilkinson

United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient, 1888 to 1946

Theodore Stark Wilkinson is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas in 1943: 4 battles across 2 present-day countries, most in Solomon Islands (2), Papua New Guinea (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 395 km apart end to end, 132 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War II (2), Pacific War (2).

New Georgia CampaignLand Battle of Vella LavellaBougainville CampaignLandings at Cape TorokinaNew Georgia CampaignLand Battle of Vella LavellaBougainville CampaignLandings at Cape TorokinaGizo200 km7.260S, 156.184E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1943: 4 engagements4 in 194319431943
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

New Georgia Campaign, 1943Land Battle of Vella Lavella, 1943Bougainville Campaign, 1943Landings at Cape Torokina, 194319431943
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
20 June 1943New Georgia CampaignNew Georgia Islands, Solomon IslandsAllied victory
6 October 1943Land Battle of Vella LavellaVella Lavella, Solomon Islands115 km NWAllied victory
1 November 1943Bougainville CampaignBougainville Island, Papua New Guinea255 km NWAllied victory
3 November 1943Landings at Cape TorokinaBougainville Island, Papua New Guinea25 km SAllied 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, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.