- SURNAME
Kennedy
- FORENAME
Donald Gilbert
- UNIT
New Zealand Forces (New Georgia,Solomon Islands)
- RANK
Captain
- NUMBER
- AWARD
Distinguished Service Order, Navy Cross (US)
- PLACE
New Georgia,Solomon Islands
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 03.1898, Springhills, New Zealand
father Robert Kennedy
mother Isabelle (nee Chistoholm) Kennedy
wife Nellie Chapman (divorced 1944)
from Invercargill,New Zealand
died 1976, Bayly's Beach, New Zealand
Donald Kennedy was authorized the U.S. Navy Cross for his actions as a Coast Watcher but before the award could be presented to him, his own country awarded him the D.S.O., and the Navy Cross award was subsequently cancelled.
CITATION:
Navy Cross : The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Captain Donald G. Kennedy, New Zealand, for extraordinary heroism in action against Japanese forces as a Coast Watcher at Sergi Point, New Georgia, in the Solomon Islands. Captain Kennedy he led his men in numerous skirmishes and destroyed or captured many Japanese troops, machine-guns, and barges, with negligible injury to his force. He also rescued many downed American airmen.
WEB LINKS:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Gilbert_Kennedyhttps://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7376731
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