His parents were Ernest William Owen & Constance Elaine McMillan.
A wreath shaped like an Owen gun lay on his coffin during his military funeral. (Page 3, Column 2, "Gun-like wreath" - "The Courier-Mail" newspaper - Brisbane - April 4, 1949 - Number 3855) (Page 3, Column 3, "LAST RESPECTS PAID GUN INVENTOR" - "The Barrier Miner" newspaper - Broken Hill, NSW - April 5, 1949 - Volume LXII, Number 17,820)
Very Famous Inventor:
- The "Owen Machine Carbine", 1938 (His submachine-gun was used by Australia during World War II, and remained in use until the early 1960s. According to the "Australian Dictionary of Biography", 45,477 guns were manufactured by Lysaght during World War II.)
A wreath shaped like an Owen gun lay on his coffin during his military funeral. (Page 3, Column 2, "Gun-like wreath" - "The Courier-Mail" newspaper - Brisbane - April 4, 1949 - Number 3855) (Page 3, Column 3, "LAST RESPECTS PAID GUN INVENTOR" - "The Barrier Miner" newspaper - Broken Hill, NSW - April 5, 1949 - Volume LXII, Number 17,820)
Very Famous Inventor:
- The "Owen Machine Carbine", 1938 (His submachine-gun was used by Australia during World War II, and remained in use until the early 1960s. According to the "Australian Dictionary of Biography", 45,477 guns were manufactured by Lysaght during World War II.)
His parents were Ernest William Owen & Constance Elaine McMillan.
A wreath shaped like an Owen gun lay on his coffin during his military funeral. (Page 3, Column 2, "Gun-like wreath" - "The Courier-Mail" newspaper - Brisbane - April 4, 1949 - Number 3855) (Page 3, Column 3, "LAST RESPECTS PAID GUN INVENTOR" - "The Barrier Miner" newspaper - Broken Hill, NSW - April 5, 1949 - Volume LXII, Number 17,820)
Very Famous Inventor:
- The "Owen Machine Carbine", 1938 (His submachine-gun was used by Australia during World War II, and remained in use until the early 1960s. According to the "Australian Dictionary of Biography", 45,477 guns were manufactured by Lysaght during World War II.)
A wreath shaped like an Owen gun lay on his coffin during his military funeral. (Page 3, Column 2, "Gun-like wreath" - "The Courier-Mail" newspaper - Brisbane - April 4, 1949 - Number 3855) (Page 3, Column 3, "LAST RESPECTS PAID GUN INVENTOR" - "The Barrier Miner" newspaper - Broken Hill, NSW - April 5, 1949 - Volume LXII, Number 17,820)
Very Famous Inventor:
- The "Owen Machine Carbine", 1938 (His submachine-gun was used by Australia during World War II, and remained in use until the early 1960s. According to the "Australian Dictionary of Biography", 45,477 guns were manufactured by Lysaght during World War II.)
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