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Raymond Keith Jackson

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Raymond Keith AWMM
  • Surname
    Jackson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    12305 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    29 April 1918 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 17 April 1940 AWMM 15 Matipo Street, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Agnes Hunter Jackson (wife), 187 Mt Smart Road, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 19 December 1940 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • Western Desert AWMM
    • 1941 Libyan Campaign in November 1941 AWMM
    • Minqar Qaim AWMM
    • First Battle of El Alamein AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    12305 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 17 April 1940 AWMM Storeman/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Raymond Jackson was the son of Robert Allan Jackson and of Mary Santina (Tina) Jackson (nee Jones); husband of Agnes Hunter Jackson, of 15 Matipo Street, Onehunga, Auckland.

    Raymond commenced training on 16 May 1940 at Burnham Military Camp.

    He embarked for Egypt with the 5th Reinforcements on 19 December 1940, disembarking in Egypt 31 January 1941.

    He trained again at Maadi Camp and was posted to 23rd Infantry Battalion on 14 June 1941.

    Ray saw action in the Libyan Campaign in November 1941, Minqar Qaim and the First Alamein Battle in June/ July 1942

    Ray Jackson was killed in action at Ruweisat Ridge and buried at El Alamein Cemetery.

    5th Reinforcements AWMM
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    16 July 1942 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Ruweisat Ridge, Egypt AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM XXVIII. E. 1. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Onehunga War Memorial Swimming Pool, Jellicoe Park (off Quadrant Road), Park Gardens, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Family grave plot
      Waikaraka Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand
      Plot: Area 2 Block W Lot No 52A Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 23 October 2017 - Headstone on plot and Online Cemetery database

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2116660
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 3: WW2 236 AWMM
    • Ross, A. (1959). 23 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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23 October 2017SarndraAuckland, New ZealandResearcher

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