Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of David Whitehead

Battles of David Whitehead

Australian Army officer, 1896 to 1992

David Whitehead is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1943 and 1945: 3 battles and 1 campaign across 2 present-day countries, most in Papua New Guinea (3), Indonesia (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,660 km apart end to end, 1,220 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Pacific War (4).

Salamaua–Lae campaignHuon Peninsula campaignBattle of SattelbergBattle of TarakanSalamaua–Lae campaignBattle of TarakanMakassarPort MoresbyDiliGeneral SantosBalikpapanGorontaloAmbonTernateJayapuraRaba1000 km1.742S, 132.667E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1943: 3 engagements3 in 19431945: 1 engagements19431945
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Salamaua–Lae campaign, 1943Huon Peninsula campaign, 1943Battle of Sattelberg, 1943Battle of Tarakan, 194519431945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1943Salamaua–Lae campaignMorobe Province, Papua New GuineaAllied victory
1943Huon Peninsula campaignHuon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea103 km NEAllied victory
17 November 1943Battle of SattelbergHuon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea30 km EAllied victory
1945Battle of TarakanTarakan Island, Indonesia3,527 km WAllied 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, Not recorded, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.