Michael Bernacchi
Michael Louis Bernacchi CMG OBE (1911–1983) was a British colonial administrator, that was Resident Commissionner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands from 1952 to 1961.[1]
Michael Bernacchi | |
|---|---|
| Resident Commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands | |
| In office 5 Aug 1952 – Oct 1961 | |
| Preceded by | John Peel |
| Succeeded by | Val Andersen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1911 |
| Died | 1983 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Colonial Service |
Bernacchi also served as a Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Navy, and as a district officer in the Colonial Office in British Malaya. He was engaged to Elaine Chapman from Navua, Fiji. Chapman was the granddaughter of Sir John Maynard Hedstrom, founder of Morris Hedstrom and Company, the largest trading corporation in Fiji.[2]
References
- Walsh, Michael Ravell (2020). A History of Kiribati: From the Earliest Times to the 40th Anniversary of the Republic. ISBN 9-79869535-895-7.
- Grappling with the Bomb: Britain’s Pacific H-bomb tests, by Nic Maclellan, published 2017 by ANU Press, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
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