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Biography: Woodhouse, Arthur Owen

Woodhouse at war

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Owen Woodhouse as a young man, bearded, in a naval uniform and cap.

Owen Woodhouse served as a naval officer in the Mediterranean during the Second World War, as a liaison officer with local forces and as commander of a motor torpedo boat.

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Tim Shoebridge. 'Woodhouse, Arthur Owen', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2024. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/47914/woodhouse-at-war (accessed 4 June 2026).