Jackson, Dawn Valerie Vautin (1917 - 1995)

Dawn Jackson was born in Kent, England, the daughter of Major-General R E Jackson CMG, DSO. Educated at St Catherine's Church of England Girls School, Sydney, she served with the Voluntary Aid Detachment and subsequently with the Australian Army Women's Medical Service. She was a member of the Australian Imperial Forces from 1941 to 1947 and saw service in the Middle East and New Guinea. Colonel Jackson was associated with the combined training of the Army Women's Services Training Company and the Army Women's Services Officers School.

On 2 December 1957 Dawn Jackson was appointed the second Director of the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps, a post she held until February 1972.

Dawn Jackson was appointed to The Order of the British Empire - Officer (Military) on 11 June 1960 for her services to the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps.

Colonel Dawn Jackson died on 20 January 1995 in Canberra.

Directors

• Women's Royal Australian Army Corps (WRAAC) (1951 - 1985)

  [1957 - 1972]

Related Corporate Bodies

• Australian Army Medical Women's Service (AAMWS) (1942 - 1951)

  Service no: QFX24150

  [1941 - 1947]

• Voluntary Aid Detachments (VAD) (1914 - )

  Service no: Q90532

  [1941]

Online Resources

• Department of Veterans' Affairs, 'JACKSON, DAWN VALERIE VAUTIN', in World War 2 Nominal Roll, 2002, http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=A&VeteranID=371692. [ Details... ]
• Department of Veterans' Affairs, 'JACKSON, DAWN VALERIE VANTIN', in World War 2 Nominal Roll, 2002, http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=A&VeteranID=496083. [ Details... ]

See also

• Bomford, Janette, Soldiers of the Queen : women in the Australian Army, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Vic., 2001, 183 pp. [ Details... ]
• Ollif, Lorna, Colonel Best and her soldiers: The Story of the 33 years of the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps, Ollif Publishing Company, Hornsby, NSW, 1985, 249 pp. [ Details... ]
• WRAAC Association, A Stroll down memory lane, 2001, 38 pp. [ Details... ]