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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Donald Cameron Jackson |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Gunner |
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| Forename(s): |
Donald Cameron |
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| Surname: |
Jackson |
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| War: |
Korean War, 1950-1953 |
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| Serial No.: |
206360 |
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| Gender: |
Male |
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| Date of Birth: |
24 May 1925 |
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| Place of Birth: |
Palmerston North, New Zealand |
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| First Known Rank: |
Gunner |
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| Occupation before Enlistment: |
Bus driver |
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| Next of Kin: |
Mr R. A. Jackson (father), Lower Hutt, New Zealand |
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| Enlistment Address: |
Lower Hutt, New Zealand |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)
- JayForce
- Kayforce
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| Embarkation Unit: |
162 Battery |
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| Embarkation Date: |
10 December 1950 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Vessel: |
Ormonde |
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| Destination: |
Pusan, Korea (1 January 1951) |
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| Last Unit Served: |
New Zealand Artillery, 16 Field Regiment |
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| Place of Death: |
Korea |
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| Date of Death: |
27 November 1951 |
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| Age at Death: |
26 |
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| Year of Death: |
1951 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Died of disease |
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| Cemetery Name: |
United Nations Cemetery, Pusan, Korea |
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| Obituary: |
The K-Force Casualty List (NZ Herald, 28 November 1951, p. 8) records D.C. Jackson as being seriously ill. |
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| Biographical Notes: |
- Served with Jayforce 1946-47
- Served with Kayforce 1950-51
- Died of disease (Manchurian fever)
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| Additional Information: |
- An article on Manchurian fever appeared in the New Zealand Herald (19 November 1951, p. 8) claiming that only one soldier (not named) in Kayforce was affected and that he was not seriously ill.
- "Health concerns had been raised by the upsurge in cases of haemorrhagic (Songo or Manchurian) fever, which occured late in 1951. During November, thirty-one cases were reported among the Commonwealth troops. These included two members of 16 Field Regiment, Gunners J.R. Watson and D.C. Jackson, both of whom died of the illness. Other victims spent months in hospital recovering." (McGibbon 1996, vol. 2, p. 240)
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| Further References: |
- Ian McGibbon, New Zealand and the Korean War, Volume II: Combat Operations, Oxford University Press, Auckland, 1996, pp. 240, 371, 405.
- New Zealand in the Korean War. NZHistory online. URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/korean-war
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| Sources Used: |
- New Zealand Herald
- K-Force nominal roll : embarked for Korea on 'Ormonde' on 10 December 1950
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