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Owen, Evelyn Ernest (Evo) (1915 - 1949)

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Born: 15 May 1915 Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. Died: 1 April 1949 Wollongong, New South Wales.

Evelyn Ernest (Evo) Owen invented the Owen sub-machine gun, used by Australian troops in New Guinea during World War II and later used in the Korean War, the Malayan emergency and the Vietnam War.

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Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P003833. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001
Modified: 13 December 2006

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