HALY, Standish O'Grady
| Service Number: | WX14830 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 July 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Toowong, Queensland, Australia, 25 January 1916 |
| Home Town: | West Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station Overseer, Truck Driver & Saddler |
| Died: | Malaria whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, Borneo - 12 miles from Sandakan, 15 June 1945, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Labuan War Cemetery Collective Grave, Plot 16, Row B, Graves 4 - 9 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Boyup Brook Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, WX14830 | |
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| 3 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, WX14830, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, Claremont, Western Australia | |
| 3 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX14830, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 30 Dec 1941: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, WX14830, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, "C" Company | |
| 15 Jun 1945: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, WX14830, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, Malaya/Singapore |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Standish O'Grady HALY was born on 25th January, 1916 in Toowong, Queensland
His parents were Arthur HALY and Doris Christabel DE WINTON
He enlisted in Claremont, Western Australia on 3rd July, 1941 with the 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion
Standish died of Malaria at Sandala Estate near Sandakan, Borneo on 15th June, 1945 & is buried in Labuan War Cemetery - he was in the Selarang Camp as a Prisoner of War of the Japanese
The inscription on his headstone reads:
"I THANK MY GOD UPON EVERY REMEMBRANCE OF YOU"
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IN MEMORIAM
HALY Standish O'Grady, WX14830, 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion
In proud & loving memory of Stan, dearly loved eldest son of Doris and the late Arthur Haly, died while POW Sandakan, Borneo, June 15, 1945 - dear loving brother of Barbara & Cyril
"I thank my god upon every remembrance of you"
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