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Sydney Freyberg Jackson

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Group of 28 Maori Battalion Officers at dinner, Hotel St George, Beirut, 1930 hours, 5 June 1942. From left to right: Colonel Edward Te Whiti Love, Rev. Captain Takimoana Kahi Harawira, Lieutenant Paikea Henare Toka, Captain Robert Cecil Shaw-Thompson, Captain Kereti Pau Mariu, Lieutenant Henry Colton Arundel Lambert, Mr Charles Basil Bennet, Lieutenant William Vercoe, WO1 Allan Campbell Wood, DCM, Lieutenant George Tuoro Marsden, John Richard Ormsby, Second Lieutenant Ian Graeme Howden, Major Sydney Freyberg Jackson, Captain Waipaina Matehe Awarau, Major James Clendon Tau Henare, CBE, Lieutenant Hupa Hamiora, Captain James Tuhiwai, mid, Lieutenant Kuru Waaka, Lieutenant Edward Morgan, Lieutenant Colonel Arapeta Awatere, Captain James Matahere, Second Lieutenant John College Reedy, Duncan McCrae, Lieutenant Dr Ronald Alexander MacDonald, Colonel W.W.Johnston, Ben Porter, CSM Rangi France Logan, Second Lieutenant Ehai John Ropata, Jumbo Joseph, Second Lieutenant Kingi Areta Keiha, Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Baker DSO. - This image may be subject to copyright

Group of 28 Maori Battalion Officers at dinner, Hotel St George, Beirut, 1930 hours, 5 June 1942. Fr …

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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    11 September 1918 AWMM Te Araroa, Gisborne AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
    son of Frederick Jackson & Horowai nee' Henderson Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 August 2015 - Newspaper Report in Gisborne Herald
  • Address before enlistment
    • Pre 1940 AWMM 914 Willowpark Road, Hastings, New Zealand AWMM
    • Lived in Wellington while Bully was given Officer Training at Trentham Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 August 2015 - Newspaper Report in Gisborne Herald
  • Post war occupation
    • Rugby Referee & Coach Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 August 2015 - Newspaper Report in Gisborne Herald
    • Bricklayer, then became a Painter & Paperhanger Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 August 2015 - Newspaper Report - Gisborne Herald
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs N.R. Jackson (wife), Te Araroa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
    • 1941 married Noni Hawkins (daughter of Friday Hawkins) in Devonport Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 August 2015 - Newspaper Report in Gisborne Herald

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Middle East Campain - El Alamein; Western European - Monte Cassino Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 August 2015 - Newspaper Report - Gisborne Herald
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Maori Battalion - C Coy Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 August 2015 - http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/sydney-freyberg-jackson
  • Service number
    25892 AWMM
  • Military service
    1942-1945 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 August 2015 - Newspaper Report - Gisborne Herald
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1940 AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
    Hastings, Hawkes Bay AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Freezing worker at Whakatu Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 August 2015 - Newspaper Report in Gisborne Herald
  • Age on enlistment

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
    Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
    Wounded 26 March 1943 AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Noni, married December 1941

    Captained the 28 Battalion team that won the Freyberg Cup in February 1943

    Named his daughter Derna, after the Libyan village where Bully heard of her birth, he did not see her until his return from war and Derna was aged 4

    Sometime treasurer for the Battalion after the war

    In 1975 he toured the battle sites

    In 1989 travelled to take part in Tainui Steven's television documentary Maori Battalion : March to victory (1990)

    Two sons, brothers served in WW2 Sydney Freyberg Jackson (25892) and Everard Stanley Jackson (65534), an All Black. AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    Aug 2003 AWMM
    Age 85 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
    13 August 2003 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 August 2015 - Kapiti Coast District Council's Cemetery Records
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
    Wellington Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 August 2015 - Kapiti Coast District Council's Cemetery Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Awa Tapu Cemetery, Kapiti Coast Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 August 2015 - Kapiti Coast District Council's Cemetery Records
  • Grave reference
    Block LPD; Plot # 1 - 2 & Plot # 2 - A; Record ID: 04LPD002A Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 August 2015 - Kapiti Coast District Council's Cemetery Records
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: Dominion Post, 14 August 2003 AWMM
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 4: WW2 176 AWMM
    • Mana : the Maori news magazine for all New Zealanders AWMM
      He Maimai Aroha: Bully Jackson. (2003).Issue 54. AWMM
    • Dominion Post AWMM
      Death Notice: 14 August 2003 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman. AWMM

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02 November 2022Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
27 August 2015Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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