George Frederick STANDISH

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STANDISH, George Frederick

Service Number:	21807
Enlisted:	12 January 1938
Last Rank:	Leading Seaman
Last Unit:	HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
Born:	Hindmarsh, SA, 3 March 1921
Home Town:	Hindmarsh, Charles Sturt, South Australia
Schooling:	Croydon School, Woodville High School
Occupation:	Glass Worker
Died:	Lost with all hands HMAS Sydney (II), Indian Ocean, 20 November 1941, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" At Sea
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Birkenhead HMAS Sydney (II) D48 Memorial, Birkenhead HMAS Sydney (II) D48 Memorial, Carnarvon HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Carnarvon Walk of Remembrance, Geraldton HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea, St Clair Woodville High School Honour Roll

World War 2 Service

12 Jan 1938:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Leading Seaman, 21807, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Frederick George Brice Standish, and Isabel Stella Standish, of Croydon Park, South Australia.

Leading-Seaman George Frederick Standish, of Harriet street, Croydon, was a son of Staff-Sgt. F. G. Standish, of the A.I.F. and of Mrs. Standish. and would have been 21 in March. He was educated at Croydon School and Woodville High School. He was keenly interested in cycling. His mother was advised by him recently that he had been made a leading seaman. He had been in the navy since he was 16.

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