British Solomon Islands Protectorate Defence Force

Although the BSIPDF was very small, it played a significant role in the Solomon Islands campaign of World War II.

Prominent members of the BSIPDF included: US Marine medical staff attached to the Guadalcanal landing were less familiar with local medical conditions in the southwest Pacific than they were with tropical Mesoamerica and Caribbean conditions, which they knew very well.

[5] Large numbers of sick combatants in their care were initially treated for dengue fever.

They were persuaded by two factors to revise this initial diagnosis to favour malaria due to: On seeing these successful results first-hand, US Marine medical staff very quickly adopted similar malaria treatment practices for their sick combatants in care.

In fact, Mr Stackpool, held this position in the former British Colonial Administration (Medical Service) from the year 1929 until 1942 at Tulagi and then 1943 to 1948 at Aola, later at Honiara in the Solomon Islands.