Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 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 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1943 and 1945: 4 battles and 2 campaigns across 3 present-day countries, most in Solomon Islands (3), Papua New Guinea (2), Philippines (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 4,506 km apart end to end, 901 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Pacific War (6).

Landings on RendovaNew Georgia CampaignLand Battle of Vella LavellaBougainville CampaignLandings at Cape TorokinaPhilippines campaign of 1944–1945New Georgia CampaignLand Battle of Vella LavellaBougainville CampaignLandings at Cape TorokinaPhilippines campaign of 1944–1945DavaoMakassarCebuBandjarmasinIloiloBandar Seri BegawanPort MoresbyDiliTarakanHoniara2000 km1.750N, 140.250E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1943: 5 engagements5 in 19431945: 1 engagements19431945
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

New Georgia Campaign, 1943Landings on Rendova, 1943Land Battle of Vella Lavella, 1943Bougainville Campaign, 1943Landings at Cape Torokina, 1943Philippines campaign of 1944–1945, 194519431945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
20 June 1943New Georgia CampaignNew Georgia Islands, Solomon IslandsAllied victory
1943Landings on RendovaNew Georgia, Solomon Islands33 km NEAllied victory
6 October 1943Land Battle of Vella LavellaVella Lavella, Solomon Islands111 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
1945Philippines campaign of 1944–1945Philippines4,082 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, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.