page_title: Donald Gilbert Kennedy
hierarchical_section_title: Donald Gilbert Kennedy
context_page_description: Donald Gilbert Kennedy was a teacher, then an administrator in the British colonial service in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony and the British Solomon Islands Protectorate. For his services as a Coastwatcher during the Pacific War, he was awarded the DSO, and the Navy Cross. He published journal articles and books on the material culture of Vaitupu atoll, land tenure and the language of the Ellice Islands.
context_section_description: Donald Gilbert Kennedy (March 1898 – 1976) was a teacher, then an administrator in the British colonial service in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony and the British Solomon Islands Protectorate. For his services as a Coastwatcher during the Pacific War (World War II), he was awarded the DSO, and the Navy Cross (U.S.).  He published journal articles and books on the material culture of Vaitupu atoll, land tenure and the language of the Ellice Islands.
caption: Donald Kennedy (left) serves tea to U.S. Marine Captain Clay Boyd (1943)
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