Evelyn Owen b. 1 January 1915

  • Designer (Industrial / Product Designer)
Evelyn Owen was a self-taught designer who developed and made a unique rapid-firing weapon (Owen Gun) described in the official Commonwealth history Australia in the 1939-45 War as “a very light machine gun firing a pistol-type cartridge [that was] particularly useful in providing at short notice a relatively large volume of fire effective at a short range.”

Citations

  • Wayne Wardman (1 January 1991), 'The Owen Gun.’.

  • Kevin Smith (1 January 1994), 'The Owen Gun Files. An Australian Wartime Controversy.’.

  • Michael Bogle (1 January 2007), 'The Owen Gun’. Curve. 21:2007, pps.50-51