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Name	Desmond Otto Muller
Born	17 August, 1913 Albury, New South Wales, Australia
Died	2 November, 1994 (aged 81) Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Steele, Clive Selwyn (senior officer)
Education *	Albury Rural School (NSW) (student, 1925-1929) University of Melbourne (student, 1930-1933)
Occupation or Descriptor *	civil engineer (1934-1939) Victoria, Australia army officer (1939-1945) Federal, Australia civil engineer (1945-1971) Federal, Australia public servant (1945-1971) Federal, Australia civil engineer (1971-1977) Northern Territory, Australia public servant (1971-1977) New South Wales, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (army officer) Battle of El Alamein, 1942 (army officer) Battle of Finschhafen, 1943 (army officer) Battle of Tobruk, 1941 (army officer)
Awards	Military Cross (recipient, 1942) Distinguished Service Order (recipient, 1945)
Workplaces *	Munitions Supply Laboratories (engineer, 1934-1939) Dept of Transport (federal) (public servant, 1945-1971) Dept of Public Works (NT) (public servant, 1971-1977)

* Dates are approximate