Evelyn Owen b. 1 January 1915

  • Designer (Industrial / Product Designer)
Evelyn Owen was a self-taught designer and maker who designed 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.”
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  • 1915 - 1949 Wollongong, NSW
References [<ExternalResource: Wayne Wardman (1 January 1991), 'The Owen Gun.'.>, <ExternalResource: Kevin Smith (1 January 1994), 'The Owen Gun Files. An Australian Wartime Controversy.'.>, <ExternalResource: Michael Bogle (1 January 2007), 'The Owen Gun'. Curve. 21:2007, pps.50-51>]
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