LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Rodney Elmore MULLER
Service No: 400006
Born: St Peters SA, 18 July 1915
Enlisted in the RAAF: 28 April 1940 (at Melbourne VIC)
Unit: No. 1 Service Flying Training School, RAAF Station Point Cook VIC
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 1 Service Flying Training School Demon aircraft A1-47), Werribee VIC, 3 October 1940, Aged 25 Years
Buried: St Kilda General Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William Rupert and Vessie Holland Muller, of Cumberland, South Australia
Roll of Honour: Adelaide SA
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 3 October 1940, Leading Aircraftman Muller, a Trainee Pilot flying solo, was killed in Demon A1-47 at Werribee, Victoria, when the aircraft struck high tension wires and burned after crashing.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 53/1/744; A9845, 146