Frederick Gordon (Fred) MULLINS

MULLINS, Frederick Gordon

Service Numbers: V51914, VX54823
Enlisted: 19 August 1940, Armadale, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/2nd Field Regiment
Born: Wangaratta, 7 July 1917
Home Town: Wangaratta, Wangaratta, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

19 Aug 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V51914, 15 Field Regiment AMF
19 Aug 1940: Enlisted Private, V51914, Armadale, Victoria
2 May 1941: Discharged Gunner, V51914, 15 Field Regiment AMF
3 May 1941: Enlisted Gunner, VX54823, 2nd/2nd Field Regiment, Royal Park, Victoria
3 May 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX54823
12 Jul 1941: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V51914, 15 Field Regiment AMF
13 Aug 1945: Discharged Gunner, VX54823, 2nd/2nd Field Regiment
13 Aug 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX54823

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Biography contributed by RICHARD MACNEIL

Frederick Gordon Mullins was born at Wangaratta, Victoria, on 7 July 1917, the son of Alfred Mullins (a railways employee) and Ethel Emily Kirkham.  He was the second youngest of nine children.  The family lived around the Beechworth, Wangarrata, and Oxley area between 1900 and when Fred's younger brother Reg was born in 1923 (see Reginald Norman Mullins DFC).  Fred was married to Nellie Eileen Nevin in 1943 at West Maitland NSW.  

Fred enlisted in the Australian Army as a gunner (service no. V51914) on 9 Aug 1940 at Armadale in Victoria.  He wsa discharged 12 July 1941 while with 15 Field Regt. The records show he was re-enlisted as a gunner on 3 May 1941 at Royal Park, VIC, and discharged on 13 Aug 1945 while serving with 9 RFCTS 2/2 F RGT (2/2 Field Regt).

Apart from Reg, other brothers who served in WWII were Leslie Alfred Mullins, Bert Arthur Mullins, and Raymond George Mullins.

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