Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Graham Keith Haupt

Service number	SX1475
Ranks Held	Lieutenant Colonel, Major
Birth Date	1910-01-31
Birth Place	Australia: South Australia, Adelaide
Death Date	1996-10-20
Final Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Service	Australian Army
Unit	2/1st Machine Gun Battalion
Place	Adelaide
Conflict/Operation	Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes	Published in London Gazette in 1942-06-30 Published in London Gazette in 1941-12-30

Rolls

Honours and Awards:

Unit

2/1st Machine Gun Battalion

Conflict

Second World War, 1939-1945

Rank

Major

London Gazette

30 December 1941 on page 7358 at position 14
Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

Conflict

Second World War, 1939-1945
Honours and Awards:

Unit

2/1st Machine Gun Battalion

Conflict

Second World War, 1939-1945

Rank

Major

London Gazette

30 June 1942 on page 2857 at position 45

Timeline

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