Stained Glass Window at Tatura [formerly at Girgarre] St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
241 Hogan Street, Girgarre [removed to Tatura], GREATER SHEPPARTON CITY
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Memorial Window References & Acknowledgements
Stained Glass Window at Tatura [formerly at Girgarre] St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church - Memorial Window References & Acknowledgements
AWM Roll of Honour; NAA: B883, VX122009; http://www.cwgc.org/
Stained Glass Window at Tatura [formerly at Girgarre] St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church - Memorial Window Subject
I am the True Vine
Stained Glass Window at Tatura [formerly at Girgarre] St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church - Memorial Window Text
Do This in Remembrance of Me
Stained Glass Window at Tatura [formerly at Girgarre] St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church - Memorial Window Inscription
To the Glory of God. In loving memory of Trooper John L. Matthews (Commando 2nd A.I.F.) Killed in action in New Guinea on 11th May 1945. Erected by his Mother and Father. "Greater love hath no man than this."
Memorial Window Description & History
Stained Glass Window at Tatura [formerly at Girgarre] St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church - Memorial Window Description & History
The window was ordered from Brooks, Robinson & Co. in March 1949, by Trooper Matthews' mother, Alice Matthews, for the Presbyterian church at Girgarre. When that church closed, all three of its stained glass windows were incorporated into the new narthex of the Tatura Presbyterian Church. The cartoon for I am the True Vine was adapted from an earlier one made for Christ Church, Skipton in 1938, and a new grape vine design added as border and base panel. Instructions were given for a 'crown and cross' to be inserted in the the base, but instead this was changed to the symbols of Christ's Passion, the crown of thorns and nails from the cross.
John Lloyd Matthews, son of Trevor and Alice Matthews of Girgarre East, was employed as a clerk at McPherson's in Melbourne, although he was at Casino NSW when he enlisted on 25 July 1942. By February 1943 he was en route to Port Moresby from Cairns with 2/7th Cavalry Commando Squadron. In New Guinea and, suffering from bouts of dysentry and malaria from time to time, he was evacuated with the rest of his unit to Cairns in November. He continued to periodically require hospitalisation but returned to New Guinea on 12 November 1944 to take part in the Aitape-Wewak campaign, the squadron's last contribution to the Second World War. Trooper Matthews was killed on 11 May 1945 and is remembered at the Lae War Cemetery, New Guinea.
Heritage Study and Grading
Vic War Heritage Inventory - Stained Glass Memorial Windows Study
Author: Bronwyn Hughes
Year: 2013
Grading: Local
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TATURA WORLD WAR II INTERNMENT AND POW CAMPS COLLECTIONVictorian Heritage Register H2373
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Tatura Butter FactoryNational Trust
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Tatura Victory HallVic. War Heritage Inventory
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