People · c. 1910–1941
Roosevelt Albert Jackson
Lance-Corporal, 24th New Zealand Battalion
Service number 24098, from Hamilton, aged 31. Killed in the air attack on the 24th Battalion camp at Myloi on 26 April 1941. Buried in a collective grave at Phaleron War Cemetery (13. C. 12–14).
Also written: Ρούζβελτ Άλμπερτ Τζάκσον, R. A. Jackson, 24098
Events
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26 April 1941
Dive bombers hit the 24th Battalion camp: four New Zealanders killed
The New Zealand 24th Battalion reached Myloi early on 26 April 1941 and rested in a dried-up riverbed. Australian lorries driving to the camp in daylight were spotted, and dive bombers attacked the area at intervals for…