Cecil Edward MULLER

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MULLER, Cecil Edward

Service Number:	Q205003
Enlisted:	10 September 1940
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	6th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 7 February 1918
Home Town:	Woombye, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Nambour, Queensland, Australia , 8 February 2006, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woombye Cemetery, Qld
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World War 2 Service

10 Sep 1940:	Involvement Lance Corporal, Q205003, Page missing from Enlistment Register
10 Sep 1940:	Enlisted
10 Sep 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, Q205003, 6th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
19 Oct 1945:	Discharged
19 Oct 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, Q205003, 6th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Cecil was the second child of William (Bill) Gustave Muller (b1894 in Brisbane, QLD) and Annie Augusta Mary Kroll (b1894 in Brisbane, QLD). Bill and Annie married in Brisbane, QLD in 1915 and in 1919 moved to Kingaroy, QLD where Bill was a Farmer. By 1925 the family had moved to Woombye, QLD.

Cecil was working as a Farmer in Woombye, QLD in September 1940 when he enlisted in the ACMF. He was a Lance Corporal (Service No:Q205003) attached to 6 Battalion VDC (QLD) when he was Discharged in 1945. Brother Mervyn Alexander (Private; Service Nos:QX50480/Q100348) also served in WWII.

Returning to Woombye, Cecil was working as a Labourer in 1951 when he married Florence (Tup) Eileen Stapleton (b1928 in Nambour QLD). Cecil and Tup settled in Woombye, QLD - they separated in the late 1960s and Tup moved to Sydney, NSW. Cecil died in 2006 and Tup in 2012.

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