# S. G. Clarke - Resident Commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands (acting)

URL: https://allhistories.com/kiribati/rulers/s-g-clarke-101
Reign: Mar – Aug 1942
Number in the list: 63
Dynasty: Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony

Acting, overlapping Cartwright's period in World Statesmen; not in the primary chain.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Shigetoshi Miyazaki](https://allhistories.com/kiribati/rulers/shigetoshi-miyazaki-102)
- Next in list: [Kyuzaburo Kanemitsu](https://allhistories.com/kiribati/rulers/kyuzaburo-kanemitsu-103)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1942 - [Canton Island is garrisoned, shelled and bombed](https://allhistories.com/kiribati/timeline/1942-canton-island-is-garrisoned-shelled-and-bombed)
- 1942 - [Raid on Makin Island](https://allhistories.com/kiribati/timeline/1942-raid-on-makin-island)
- 1942 - [Japanese occupation of Banaba](https://allhistories.com/kiribati/timeline/1942-japanese-occupation-of-banaba)
- 1942 - [Japanese occupation of Abemama](https://allhistories.com/kiribati/timeline/1942-japanese-occupation-of-abemama)
- 1942 - [Destruction of the Gilbert Islands coastwatcher network](https://allhistories.com/kiribati/timeline/1942-destruction-of-the-gilbert-islands-coastwatcher-network)
- 1942 - [Japanese fortification of Betio and construction of its airfield](https://allhistories.com/kiribati/timeline/1942-japanese-fortification-of-betio-and-construction-of-its-airfield)
- 1942 - [American landing on Funafuti and the Ellice Islands staging base](https://allhistories.com/kiribati/timeline/1942-american-landing-on-funafuti-and-the-ellice-islands-staging-base)
- 1942 - [Execution of 22 captives at Betio](https://allhistories.com/kiribati/timeline/1942-execution-of-22-captives-at-betio)
- 1942 - [Execution of nine Makin raid prisoners at Kwajalein](https://allhistories.com/kiribati/timeline/1942-execution-of-nine-makin-raid-prisoners-at-kwajalein)