HAIS, Reginald James
| Service Number: | QX23502 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 August 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49 Infantry Battalion AMF |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 9 December 1921 |
| Home Town: | Birkdale, Redland, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Newmarket State, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Presumed, Papua, 7 December 1942, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Australian War Memorial (Canberra) |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cleveland Redlands Honour Roll, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, QX23502 | |
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| 27 Aug 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 27 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX23502, 49 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
| 21 Mar 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX23502, 49 Infantry Battalion AMF, embarked Townsville for Port Moresby on board SS Tarooma | |
| 7 Dec 1942: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Youngest of two brothers (Walter) who served in WWII, Private Reginald James Hais (Service No:QX23502) enlisted in the AIF on 22 August 1941 with 7 Training Battalion, and was attached to 49th Infantry Battalion (aka the Stanley Regiment) on 21 March 1942 when he embarked with his Unit from Townsville for Port Moresby on board SS Tarooma. Reported 'Missing believed wounded' (NAA) on 7 December 1942 in the Battle of Sanananda, Private Hais was 'for official purposes presumed dead' (NAA) on 22 January 1946.
Born in Brisbane QLD in 1921, Reg was second of three children of Walter James Hais (b1886 in Brisbane, QLD) and his first wife Annie Louisa Rendle (b1889 in Brisbane, QLD). Walter (a Mechanic) and Annie (a Housekeeper) married in 1912 in Brisbane, where they settled and raised their family and Walter was a Mechanic. Following Annie's death in 1940, Walter remarried and settled in Birkdale via Cleveland.
Reg was a Farm Hand in Birkdale via Cleveland in 1941 when he enlisted in the Army.
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