Memorial · Sydney

Owen Magee

Photograph at the Owen Magee Memorial

Brigadier Denis Owen Anthony Magee (26 March 1925 – 14 May 2007) was a brigadier in the Australian Army. A graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, and the University of Western Australia, he served in the Second World War, Korean War and Vietnam War. He was involved in the construction of the rocket range at Woomera, the British nuclear weapon tests site at Maralinga, the Snowy Mountains Scheme, the Lavarack Barracks and the Oakey Army Aviation Centre. After retiring from the Army in 1970, he served as Director of the Sydney Cove Redevelopment Authority until 1985.

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