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{{Personnel
|id=183
|Surname and forenames=Shanks Owen
|Army number=2751652
|Rank=Sgt
|Decorations=M.M.
|Age=35
|Unit=BW 17/9/27 aged 18 (Labourer), 1 TS, Commissioned - as 329143, 7 BW
|Company/Battery= D Coy
|Task or role=CSM
|Promotions=A/CSM, Emergency Commission Lt (329143)
|Died/Killed in action=8/2/1945 00:00:00
|Home address=Son of Joseph and Mary Ann Shanks, husband of Grace Darling Shanks of Loanhead, Midlothian.
|Source table=1TS
}}

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 |Decorations=M.M.
 |Date of birth=Birth registered in Belfast Q4 1910.
-|Age=35
+|Age=35 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Black Watch 17/9/1927 aged 18 (Labourer).   Posted 1 TS and rose to Acting Company Sergeant Major.  Commissioned from the ranks as a Lt in The Black Watch with Officer number 329143 , Posted 7th Bn Black Watch, KILLED in ACTION 8/2/45 with 7th Black Watch.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Black Watch 17/9/1927 aged 18 (Labourer).  Rose to Sergeant - Acting Company Sergeant Major.  Immediate Emergency Commission from the ranks as a 2/Lt in The Black Watch with Officer number 329143 24/7/1944. Posted 1 TS 24/7/1944.  With the Battalion on disbandment.  Posted 7th Bn Black Watch, KILLED in ACTION 8/2/45 with 7th Black Watch.
 |Company/Battery=D Coy
-|Task or role=CSM
+|Task or role=CSM.  Duty Officer.
-|Promotions=A/CSM, Emergency Commission Lt (329143)
+|Promotions=A/CSM, Emergency Commission 2/Lt (329143)
 |Died/Killed in action=08-Feb-45
 |Home address=Son of Joseph and Mary Ann Shanks, husband of Grace Darling Shanks of Loanhead, Midlothian.  Buried Grave 14.G. 3. Jonkerbos War Cemetery.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}

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 |Rank=Sgt then 2/Lt
 |Decorations=M.M.
 |Age=35
 |Unit=Enlisted in The Black Watch 17/9/1927 aged 18 (Labourer).   Posted 1 TS and rose to Acting Company Sergeant Major.  Commissioned from the ranks as a Lt in The Black Watch with Officer number 329143 , Posted 7th Bn Black Watch, KILLED in ACTION 8/2/45 with 7th Black Watch.