John Vincent Standen (SN 1910) was born in Birregurra and educated at Macarthur Street State School in Ballarat. He enlisted on 10th March 1916 as a 26 year old, unmarried dairyman. He was allocated to the 39th Infantry Battalion and embarked from Melbourne on board the Orontes in August. During his service he was promoted to Corporal. On 27th September 1918 he was seriously wounded in the thigh. He was evacuated to hospital in the UK where he died on 6th November 1918. He is buried in Hove Old Cemetery, Sussex, UK.

Lucas’s Staffs Appreciation of Brave Men, the original Avenue register, records his name as Vincent J. Standen.