Bernard Jackson – Sergeant A.G.1592805

Born 11th February 1925

Lived in Strawberry Avenue
On the 27th January 1943 he married Dorothy Thilwine

(b.21st August 1921)

They had a son Ronald Bernard Jackson born on 11th May 1944
Bernard served with the 10th Sqd Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
He was a Rear Gunner in a Halifax Bomber and stationed in Melbourne, York. His plane took off from there as a part in a 1000 bomber raid on the day he died.

Died in action 5th January 1945

Hanover War Cemetery
Hanover
Hannoversche Landkreis
Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
Plot: Coll. grave 12. C. 13-16.

Bernard Jackson Certificate

His wife and son Roland later emigrated to Adelaide

His Mother, Phyllis Jackson, married Frank Eastwood  in Q3 1925.