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

1. Walsh, Michael Ravell (2020). A History of Kiribati: From the Earliest Times to the 40th Anniversary of the Republic. ISBN 9-79869535-895-7.
2. Grappling with the Bomb: Britain’s Pacific H-bomb tests, by Nic Maclellan, published 2017 by ANU Press, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.