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KRAEFFT, Donald Frederick

Service Number:	NX115818
Enlisted:	4 December 1941, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales.
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd/5th Field Company (Squadron) RAE
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales Australia , 20 July 1922
Home Town:	Neutral Bay, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Sydney Church of England Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Student
Died:	14 November 2010, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

4 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , NX115818, 2nd/5th Field Company (Squadron) RAE, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales.
31 Jul 1942:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, 2nd/5th Field Company (Squadron) RAE
17 Aug 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, NX115818
6 Sep 1942:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, NX115818, 2nd/5th Field Company (Squadron) RAE, Embarked per USAT ‘Jason Lee’.
17 Sep 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, NX115818, 2nd/5th Field Company (Squadron) RAE, Disembarked Port Moresby (New Guinea).
28 Feb 1943:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, NX115818, 2nd/5th Field Company (Squadron) RAE, Disembarked at Brisbane SS ‘Taroona’ from Port Moresby (New Guinea).
12 Jun 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, NX115818, 2nd/5th Field Company (Squadron) RAE, Embarked Cairns, Landing Ship, Tank (LST) for Morotai (Indonesia).
31 Aug 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, NX115818, 2nd/5th Field Company (Squadron) RAE, Embarked at Morotai per Landing Ship, Tank 397 for Balikpapan (Borneo).
7 Feb 1946:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, NX115818, 2nd/5th Field Company (Squadron) RAE, Disembarked Brisbane from Balikpapan (Borneo) as per SS ‘Austral Victory’.
7 Jun 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, NX115818

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