STANDEN, John Vincent
| Service Number: | 1910 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 39th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Birregurra, Victoria, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Macarthur Street, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Dairyman |
| Died: | Died of wounds -- GSW thigh, fractured femur & Haemorrhage following operation, 2nd East General Hospital, Brighton, Sussex, England , 6 November 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Hove Cemetery, East Sussex, England |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beeac Presbyterian Church Honour Roll WWI |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 1910, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 16 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 1910, 39th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne | |
| 6 Nov 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 1910, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1910 awm_unit: 39th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-11-06 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick (OAM) – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
John Vincent Standen was born at Birregurra, Victoria in 1889.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 10th March, 1916 as a 26 year old Dairyman from Ballarat, Victoria.
Private Standen, Service number 1910, joined 39th Battalion at the Front on 7th February, 1917.
He was wounded in action on 7th June, 1917. He recovered in France & rejoined his Battalion on 4th August, 1917.
Private Standen was promoted to Lance Corporal on 10th August, 1917.
On 29th September, 1918 Corporal Standen was wounded in action (2nd Occasion) with GSW to right thigh.
He was invalided to England & admitted to 2nd East General Hospital. Brighton, Sussex, England on 5th October, 1918.
Corporal John Vincent Standen died at 09.45 am on 6th November, 1918 from wounds received in action - GSW thigh, fractured femur & Haemorrhage following operation.
He was buried in Hove Old Cemetery, Hove, Sussex, England.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/hove.html
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