Stained Glass Window at Korumburra St. Andrew's Presbyterian [now Uniting] Church
Bridge Street, Korumburra, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE
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Memorial Window References & Acknowledgements
Stained Glass Window at Korumburra St. Andrew's Presbyterian [now Uniting] Church - Memorial Window References & Acknowledgements
AWM Roll of Honour; NAA 6126961; NAA 6204462; Argus,16 August 1946, p.18; Presbyterian Messenger, 6 September 1946.
Stained Glass Window at Korumburra St. Andrew's Presbyterian [now Uniting] Church - Memorial Window Subject
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Stained Glass Window at Korumburra St. Andrew's Presbyterian [now Uniting] Church - Memorial Window Text
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Stained Glass Window at Korumburra St. Andrew's Presbyterian [now Uniting] Church - Memorial Window Inscription
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Memorial Window Description & History
Stained Glass Window at Korumburra St. Andrew's Presbyterian [now Uniting] Church - Memorial Window Description & History
The window to Private R.S. Hovenden was unveiled on Sunday August 25 1946.
Ronald Selwyn Hovenden was born at Mossel Bay, South Africa on 25 March 1912. His family emigrated to Australia where another son, John Bernard was born on 14 October 1918. Both sons joined the 2/2 Pioneer Battalion and were taken prisoner in Java. Private Ronald Hovenden, died of illness in a POW camp in Siam (Thailand) on 25 August 1943. Sgt. John Hovenden survived the Burma Railway, distinguishing himself as a non-commissioned officer. He returned to Australia and was discharged on 12 December 1945.
Heritage Study and Grading
Vic War Heritage Inventory - Stained Glass Memorial Windows Study
Author: Bronwyn Hughes
Year: 2013
Grading: Local
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