Colonel Dawn Valerie Vautin Jackson, OBE^[1]

1917 - 1995  (77 years)

• Name	Dawn Valerie Vautin Jackson
  Prefix	Colonel
  Suffix	OBE
  Birth	22 Feb 1917
  Gender	Female
  Death	20 Jan 1995	Canberra, Australia
  Person ID	I181097	First tree
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2024

  
  

  Father	Major General Robert Edward Jackson, CMG, DSO,   b. 1 Jan 1886, Crows Nest, Queensland, Australia d. 24 Nov 1948, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Australia (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Edith Marguerite Vautin
  Family ID	F41482	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  he served as director of the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps from 1957 to 1972, and is credited with a policy change allowing Australian servicewomen to serve overseas for the first time. Jackson was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1960

  
  

• Sources

  [S2822] .