Annual Reports
On this day
On this day
25 June
1916 — PTE J. JACKSON won a Victoria Cross near Bois Grenier, Armentieres, France. He had entered the Army under-aged and after service on GALLIPOLI, he moved to France. His patrol entered enemy lines but then withdrew. Jackson moved from a safe position to recover wounded men until he was hit and subsequently lost an arm
1950 — The North Korean Peoples Army invaded South Korea, beginning the three-year-long Korean War