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Rex joined the Army in 1939. SX 5102 Machine Gunners. He served in Syria & the Western Desert. His battalion was put off ship at Java while returning to Australia & all were subsequently captured by the Japanese. He worked on the infamous Burma Railway & died two days after the Japanese surrender in August 1945. Buried in the War Graves Cemetery, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.

Service Record:
Name: MULLER, REX LOUIS
Initials: R L
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry
Unit Text: A.I.F. 2/3 M.G. Bn.
Age: 31
Date of Death: 18/08/1945
Service No: SX5102
Additional information: Son of Thomas Louis and Olive Hilda Muller, of Rose Park, South Australia.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 1. N. 69.
Cemetery: KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY