39th Battalion (Australia)
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The 39th Battalion was an infantry unit of the Australian Army. It was originally raised in February 1916 for service during World War I as part of First Australian Imperial Force, with personnel bein
39th Battalion officers, Belgium, January 1918
A member of the 39th Battalion in the trenches near Houplines, December 1916
Officers of the 30th Brigade, including Lieutenant Colonel William Owen (second from the right) and his second-in-command, Major John Findlay (far right), July 1942
Soldiers of the 39th Battalion following their relief in September 1942
William T. Owen
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Lieutenant Colonel William Taylor Owen was an Australian Army officer who served during the Second World War. A survivor of the Battle of Rabaul, he was killed in action leading the 39th Battalion dur
39th Battalion (Australia)
…bolstered with the transfer of 16 officers from the Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF), including a new commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel William Owen. On 21 November 1941, the 39th Battalion paraded through the streets of Melbourne with weapons. It had taken 52 days to form the battalion and while…
Lieutenant Colonel Owen c. 1940