ST VINCENT-WELCH, Standish Locksley
| Service Number: | 402142 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 May 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 149 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia, 22 December 1917 |
| Home Town: | Blayney, Blayney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Church of England Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Jackeroo / Overseer |
| Died: | Flying Battle, France, 2 July 1941, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Brest (Kerfautras) Cemetery, France Plot 40, Row 1, Grave 7 |
| Memorials: | Blayney Memorial Baby Health Centre, Blayney WW2 Honour Roll, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 27 May 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 402142 | |
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| 27 May 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 402142, Air Crew V (p) | |
| 3 Oct 1940: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, 402142, Rank Air Crew V (p) Embarked Sydney | |
| 17 Jan 1941: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, 402142, On being granted a Commission to the Royal Canadian Air Force | |
| 18 Jan 1941: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer | |
| 30 Apr 1941: | Involvement Royal Air Force , Pilot Officer, No. 149 Squadron (RAF) | |
| 2 Jul 1941: | Involvement Royal Air Force , No. 149 Squadron (RAF), Pilot Officer |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Standish Locksley ST VINCENT WELCH was born on 22nd December, 1917 in Narrandera, New South Wales
His parents were Kenyon ST VINCENT WELCH and Verlie Adair HETHERINGTON who married in Christ Church, Queanbeyan, NSW on 5th September, 1911 - his father Kenyon was a Surgeon/Medical Practitioner and was the 1st Flying Doctor in NSW in 1928 and served for a year and then returned to private practice
Standish had previous service in the Senior Cadet Corp before he enlisted with the Royal Australian Air Force on 27th May, 1940 as Air Crew V.
He undertook Course 10 in October 26 to December 24, 1940 with the 2nd RAAF Empire Training Scheme draft & received his Flying Badge - he embarked from Sydney on 3rd October, 1940 and disembarked in Vancouver on 25th October, 1940 - he graduated from the Flying Training Course at the 3 Service Flying Training School in Calgary Canada on 16th January, 1941 (flying Avro Anson aircraft)
He was discharged from the RAAF on 17th January, 1941 on being granted a commission to the Royal Canadian Air Force
Standish died during a Flying Battle in France on 2nd July, 1941 with the 149 (B) Squadron, Royal Air Force when flying in a Vickers Wellington Bomber from Mildenhall in Suffolk, England - he is buried in Brest, Kerfautras Cemetery, Plot 40, Row 1, Grave 7
Inscription on his headstone:
'HE STROVE AND THRIVED, MAY GOD NOW BLESS AND PROTECT HIM"
He was classed as Missing in Action & death presumed at the time
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the Roll of Honour in Blayney, NSW
Posting at death : 3 Service Flying Training School, Calgary, Canada
Last Rank: Pilot Officer with 149 Squadron (RAF)
Medals: 1939-45 Star, Aircrew Europe Star, War Medal 1939-45, Australia Service Medal 1939-45
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His brother Richard John WELCH (SN348397) served in the Australian Army in WW2 and was discharged in 1945
His uncle Leslie ST VINCENT WELCH was a Captain in the Australian Medical Corp in WW1 (Doctor)
Another uncle Herbert Locksley WELCH ws a Major in the Australian Field Ambulance in WW1
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