Colonel Dawn Valerie Vautin Jackson, (22 February 1917 – 20 January 1995) was an Australian military officer. She served as director of the

Women's Royal Australian Army Corps The Women's Royal Australian Army Corps (WRAAC) was formed as an all women's corps of the Australian Army in April 1951. Its Colonel-in-Chief was Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. The purpose of the corps was to counter a personnel shorta ...

from 1957 to 1972, and is credited with a policy change allowing Australian servicewomen to serve overseas for the first time. 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 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

in 1960.

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