VALE 52680 OWEN MAXWELL CARROLL – 5 RAR
25 September 1931 – 24 January 2024
MAJ Owen ‘Max’ Carroll, died in the Manning Base Hospital, Taree, on Wednesday 24 January.
Max enlisted in the CMF in 1949 before joining the ARA in 1953 and attended the Officer Cadet School, Portsea. he served as a rifle platoon and tracker team commander in 3 RAR, during the Malayan Emergency. He graduated from the Army Staff College in 1965 and was immediately posted to 5 RAR. Max served as 5 RAR’s operations officer (while also commanding Support Company) and, later he commanded A Company. Post-Vietnam, he served on loan to the Malaysian Army, and as an instructor at the Officer Cadet School, Portsea, and the Royal Military College, Duntroon. Max held multiple staff appointments including on the Australian Army Staff in London. He was Mentioned-In-Despatches during his service in Malaya and again in Vietnam. Max retired as a colonel after 31 years’ service.
No funeral details are available at this stage.
Regards,
Gary Townsend
5 RARA Membership Officer/Tiger Tales Editor
