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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 54892" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Kennedy</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Donald Gilbert</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>New Zealand Forces (New Georgia,Solomon Islands)</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Captain</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Distinguished Service Order, Navy Cross (US)</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>New Georgia,Solomon Islands</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 03.1898, Springhills, New Zealand</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>father Robert Kennedy</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>mother Isabelle (nee Chistoholm) Kennedy</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>wife Nellie Chapman (divorced 1944)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Invercargill,New Zealand</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 1976, Bayly's Beach, New Zealand</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/d-kennedy.26581/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/26/26581-e3adde4420a7f3820856986fb40cbe2e.jpg?1591433537" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>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.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 54892, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Kennedy[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Donald Gilbert[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]New Zealand Forces (New Georgia,Solomon Islands)[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Captain[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [LIST] [*][B]AWARD[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Distinguished Service Order, Navy Cross (US)[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]PLACE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]New Georgia,Solomon Islands[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]born 03.1898, Springhills, New Zealand[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]father Robert Kennedy[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]mother Isabelle (nee Chistoholm) Kennedy[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]wife Nellie Chapman (divorced 1944)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]from Invercargill,New Zealand[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]died 1976, Bayly's Beach, New Zealand[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][URL='http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/d-kennedy.26581/'][IMG]http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/26/26581-e3adde4420a7f3820856986fb40cbe2e.jpg?1591433537[/IMG][/URL][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]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.[/I][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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