Temporary Lieutenant Colonel William Taylor Owen

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Photograph P05414.001
Service number VX45223
Ranks Held Temporary Lieutenant Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel
Birth Date 1905-05-27
Death Date 1942-07-29
Death Place New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua
Final Rank Temporary Lieutenant Colonel
Service Australian Army
Units
  • 2/22nd Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 39th Australian Infantry Battalion
Place Papua
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1943-12-23
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1943-12-23
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1944-11-23

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    Melbourne, Vic. 1943-06-03. At the conclusion of the ceremony of the presentation of posthumously ...

    Melbourne, Vic. 1943-06-03. Mrs D. Owen, wife of the late VX45223 Lieutenant Colonel W. T. Owen, ...

    Signed studio group portrait of four officers from Lark Force of the Rabaul Garrison. Identified, ...

    Studio portrait of VX45223 Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) William Taylor Owen DSC (Distinguished ...

Rolls

  • Roll of Honour:

    Unit
    39th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Temporary Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945

  • Honours and Awards:

    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Temporary Lieutenant Colonel
    Commonwealth Gazette
    23 November 1944 on page 2607 at position 32

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    2/22nd Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Temporary Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    23 December 1943 on page 5577 at position 82
    Commonwealth Gazette
    23 December 1943 on page 2798 at position 34

Timeline

Date of birth 27 May 1905
Date of enlistment 08 July 1940
Date of death 29 July 1942
Appointment Battalion: 39th

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