Donald Francis HAUSKNECHT

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HAUSKNECHT, Donald Francis

Service Number:	QX31343
Enlisted:	8 April 1942
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/4th Independent Company / Cavalry Commando Squadron
Born:	Pittsworth, Queensland, Australia, 4 January 1923
Home Town:	Bloomsbury, Mackay, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 4 September 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Plot A8. Row F. Grave 16.
Memorials:	Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bloomsbury Roll of Honour, Proserpine Cenotaph

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lance Corporal, QX31343
8 Apr 1942:	Enlisted
8 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, QX31343, 2nd/4th Independent Company / Cavalry Commando Squadron, Brisbane, Qld.
4 Sep 1943:	Discharged

Details of his death

4th September, 1943 – The 2/4 Independent Company took part in Australia’s first amphibious landing since Gallipoli, when they landed at Lae, Papua New Guinea during the Salamaua-Lae Campaign. The 2/4 came ashore in the second wave of the landing, suffering heavy losses with 34 men being killed or missing. Their landing craft was attacked by Japanese dive & torpedo bombers.

Submitted 29 May 2025 by Lyn Burke

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of William Fredrick Charles HAUSKNECHT and Ruby nee FELDMANN, of Bloomsbury, Queensland.

IN THE MORNING AND IN THE EVENING WE WILL REMEMBER HIM. OUR BOY

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