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.