Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Graham Keith Haupt

Service number SX1475
Ranks Held Lieutenant Colonel, Major
Birth Date 31/01/1910
Birth Place Australia: South Australia, Adelaide
Death Date 20/10/1996
Final Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Service Australian Army
Unit 2/1st Machine Gun Battalion
Place Adelaide
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945

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Date of birth 31/01/1910
Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs) 01/07/1928 43rd Battalion.
Other units 01/07/1930 43/48th Battalion.
Date commissioned 16/03/1933
Other units 13/11/1939 Seconded 2/1st Machine Gun Battalion.
Date promoted 09/10/1939 Captain.
Other units 01/07/1939 43rd Battalion.
Other 30/12/1940 Arrived Middle East.
Other 29/08/1940 Course - Gas instructor 12.
Other 17/06/1940 Arrived Scotland.
Other units 27/04/1941 Attached Machine Gun Training Battalion.
Other units 25/02/1941 Attached Combined Training Regiment.
Other units 29/09/1941 2/1st Machine Gun Battalion.
Date of honour or award 30/12/1941 Mention in Despatches.
Other units 10/04/1941 Attached Armoured Training Regiment.
Date promoted 07/06/1941 Major.
Date returned to Australia 31/03/1942
Date of honour or award 14/10/1942 Mention in Despatches.
Other units 1943-01-01 - 1944-07-27 62nd Battalion.
Other 01/1943 Arrived Thursday Island.
Other 01/02/1943 Arrived Merauke.
Date returned to Australia 07/10/1943 Returned to Townsville.
Other 26/01/1943 Temporary lieutenant colonel, commanding officer 62nd Battalion.
Other 1943-10-11 - 1943-12-24 Course - Land Headquarters Tactical.
Other 24/12/1943 Arrived New Guinea.
Other units 01/06/1944 Attached Headquarters 9th Division.
Other c 1944-07-01 Arrived Balikpapan.
Other units 1944-06-27 - 1946-01-17 Commanding officer 2/1st Machine Gun Battalion.
Date returned to Australia 05/03/1944 Returned to Brisbane.
Date returned to Australia 31/12/1945 Returned to Brisbane.
Other 12/06/1945 Arrived Morotai.
Other 22/03/1946 Reserve of Officers.
Other 1958-07-01 - 1960-02-01 Part time duty C Command Officers Staff group.
Date of death 20/10/1996

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