Leonard John MUHLING

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MUHLING, Leonard John

Service Numbers:	Q128401, QX58297
Enlisted:	11 April 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 21 May 1923
Home Town:	Toogoolawah, Somerset, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 30 October 1994, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

11 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, Q128401, 3rd and 4th Training Brigades
23 Apr 1943:	Transferred Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 26th Infantry Battalion
25 May 1943:	Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, Q128401, 26th Infantry Battalion, per Katoomba ex Cairns to Horn Island
19 Sep 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX58297, 26 Infantry Battalion AMF
19 Dec 1943:	Involvement Private, Q128401, also QX58297
19 Dec 1943:	Involvement Private, QX58297, also Q128401
19 Dec 1943:	Enlisted
17 Sep 1944:	Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, QX58297, 26th Infantry Battalion, per Katoomba ex Thursday Island to Townsville
13 Dec 1944:	Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, QX58297, 26th Infantry Battalion, per Mexico ex Brisbane to Bougainville
11 Dec 1945:	Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, QX58297, 26th Infantry Battalion, per River Glenelg ex Torokina to Rabaul
2 May 1946:	Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, QX58297, 26th Infantry Battalion, per HMAS Westralia ex Rabaul to Brisbane
4 Jun 1946:	Discharged
4 Jun 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX58297, 26 Infantry Battalion AMF

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Leonard was the youngest of six children of Leonard Valentine Muhling (born 1895 in Toowoomba, QLD) and Alice Beatrice Banks (born 1893 in Warwickshire, England). Leonard Snr - a Labourer - was serving in the AIF (Private, Service No:5082) when he married Alice in Birmingham, Warwickshire. Alice arrived at Crow's Nest on the Darling Downs in December 1918 and she and Leonard Snr lived on the Darling Downs, and in Rocklea, QLD where Leonard worked as a Labourer.

Leonard Jnr was a Labourer at Toogoolawah, QLD when he enlisted in the CMF inn April 1942. He served as a Private (Service No:Q128401) before enlisting with the AIF in September 1943. He served as a Private (Service No:QX58297) with 26th Battalion in Papua New Guinea (4 June 1943 - 3 July 1944) and at Bougainville (4 December 1944 - 2 May 1946). Len was Discharged in June 1946. Brother Raymond Valentine Muhling (Service No:QX51310) also served in WWII.

Following his Discharge, Len lived at Wulkaraka in Goodna, QLD, working as an Electrical Labourer. In 1951 he married Daphne Valma Molloy (born 1929 in Ipswich, QLD) in Ipswich, QLD. Len and Daphne settled at Booval in Ipswich, QLD where Len worked as an Electrical Linesman. He died in 1994 in Ipswich.

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