Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 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 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1942 and 1943: 4 battles and 2 campaigns, all in present-day Papua New Guinea. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,810 km apart end to end, 362 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Pacific War (6).

Battle of Scarlet BeachKokoda Track campaignBattle of Buna–GonaSalamaua–Lae campaignOperation CartwheelLanding at NadzabKokoda Track campaignBattle of Buna–GonaSalamaua–Lae campaignOperation CartwheelLanding at NadzabMt. HagenGorokaMadangMendiKietaSohanoHoskinsKimbeDaruKundiawa500 km6.537S, 149.420E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1942: 2 engagements1943: 4 engagements4 in 194319421943
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

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

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1942Kokoda Track campaignNew Guinea, Papua New GuineaAllied victory
16 November 1942Battle of Buna–GonaBuna, Papua New Guinea72 km EAllied victory
1943Salamaua–Lae campaignMorobe Province, Papua New Guinea274 km NWAllied victory
30 June 1943Operation CartwheelMelanesia, Papua New Guinea676 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.