Oliver David Jackson | |
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![]() David Jackson, then a brigadier, while serving as Commander 1 ATF in South Vietnam in 1966. | |
Nickname(s) | "O.D." |
Born | London, England | 24 November 1919
Died | 7 May 2004 Burradoo, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 84)
Allegiance | Australia |
Service/ | Australian Army |
Years of service | 1937–1974 |
Rank | Brigadier |
Commands | 1st Australian Task Force (1966–67) Australian Army Force Vietnam (1965–66) Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (1965) 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1963–64) 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1963) 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1956–57) |
Battles/wars | Second World War |
Awards | Distinguished Service Order Officer of the Order of the British Empire |
Relations | Robert Jackson (father) Donald Robert Jackson (brother) |
Brigadier Oliver David Jackson, DSO, OBE (24 November 1919 – 7 May 2004) was a senior officer in the Australian Army, seeing service during the Second World War and the Vietnam War. After graduating from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, in 1939 he served in the Middle East and New Guinea during the Second World War. Later, he commanded the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) and the Australian Army Force Vietnam (AAFV) in 1965–66. In 1966, he became the first commander of 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF) in South Vietnam. He subsequently filled a number of senior command and staff positions before retiring in 1974. He died in 2004.