Dawn Jackson

{{Short description|Australian Army officer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

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|name= Dawn Jackson

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|birth_date= {{birth date|1917|02|22|df=yes}}

|birth_place= Kent, England

|death_date= {{death date and age|1995|01|20|1917|02|22|df=yes}}

|death_place= Canberra, Australia

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|allegiance= Australia

|branch= Second Australian Imperial Force
Women's Royal Australian Army Corps

|serviceyears= 1941–1947
{{circa}} 1951–1972

|rank= Colonel

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|commands= Women's Royal Australian Army Corps (1957–72)

|battles= Second World War

|awards= Officer of the Order of the British Empire

|relations= Robert Jackson (father)
Oliver David Jackson (brother)

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Colonel Dawn Valerie Vautin Jackson, {{postnominals|country=AUS|size=100|OBE}} (22 February 1917 – 20 January 1995) was an Australian military officer. She 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.{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders/biogs/WLE0338b.htm|title=Australian Defence Force|author=Libby Stewart|encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Women & Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia|publisher=Australian Women's Archives Project|date=2014}}

Jackson was born in Kent, England, and was educated at St Catherine's School, Sydney, Australia.

Jackson was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1960.{{cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/people/767064?c=people|publisher=National Library of Australia|title=Jackson, Dawn Valerie Vautin, (OBE) (1917–1995)}}