John C. Muller

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John Clifford Muller served with the A.I.F. during World War One. He was born at Ballarat East on 17 June 1894.

History

Muller was the son of Theodore and Selina Muller.[1] He was a saddler at Golden Point.[2]

Muller enlisted in the 8th Battalion on 17 August 1914.[3][1]

Muller died from wounds on 25 July 1915, at Gaba Tepe on the hospital ship "Somali", after being wounded in action at Gallipoli.[1] He had received a compound fracture of the skull from a piece of shrapnel.[1]


Legacy

World War One service recognised on the Ballarat Avenue of Honour. His tree, No. 6, was planted on 4 June 1917, by Miss E. Scott.[3]

See also

8th Battalion

World War One

Notes

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 National Archives of Australia, World War I records, B2455, MULLER JOHN CLIFFORD, SERN 31, http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/SearchScreens/BasicSearch.aspx accessed 17 January 2015
  2. A. M. Taylor. Dinkum Oil: Letters Published in the Ballarat Courier During the Great War. Ballarat, 2006.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Lucas and Co., Souvenir of the Avenue of Honour, Ballarat, 1916, pg. 8, http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1985904

Further Reading

External links

https://www.facebook.com/GreatWarBallarat/posts/2627700053942920?__tn__=K-R


--Beth Kicinski 11:26, 14 December 2012 (EST); --Clare K.Gervasoni 22:38, 8 September 2019 (AEST)