Stained Glass Window at Geelong St. George's Presbyterian Church
Latrobe Terrace, Geelong, GREATER GEELONG CITY
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Memorial Window References & Acknowledgements
Stained Glass Window at Geelong St. George's Presbyterian Church - Memorial Window References & Acknowledgements
Argus, 20 September 1921, p.14; 12 December 1921, p.11; [J.E. McNair], One Hundred Years 1860-1960, St. George's Presbyterian Church, Geelong, 1960, pp.15-16; William Montgomery Collection, State Library of Victoria (uncatalogued)
Stained Glass Window at Geelong St. George's Presbyterian Church - Memorial Window Subject
Crown of Life
Stained Glass Window at Geelong St. George's Presbyterian Church - Memorial Window Text
Thine O Lord is the greatness and the power and the glory, and the victory and the majesty
Stained Glass Window at Geelong St. George's Presbyterian Church - Memorial Window Inscription
[Plaque] This window is dedicated to the Fallen Connor AA Campbell NL Campbell AL Howarth G Jones C Littlechild LM McLean A McLean V Moreton AH Nicholson R Neilson CO Palmer E Paterson L Sadler N Stephens L Smith L Thomas JR Wilson R Young G Zimmer WH
Memorial Window Description & History
Stained Glass Window at Geelong St. George's Presbyterian Church - Memorial Window Description & History
The Argus reported the intention of the congregation to perpetuate the memory of the fallen soldiers who enlisted by installing a commemorative window and also an honour roll with the names of those members who served. On Sunday 11 December 1921 the window and two brass tablets were unveiled by Brigadier-General Robert Smith during a special memorial service conducted by the Chaplain-General, the Rev. JL Rentoul. In the 1920s thefigure of the Australian soldier,instead of a saint or a Roman soldier, was only just beginning to find acceptance in church windowsand the stained glass artist, William Montgomery (1850-1927) went to some lengths to ensure that details of sress and weaponry were corrrect in every detail. Montgomery's preliminary sketches of the Australian army slouch hat and the rifle that both lie beside the knee of the uniformed soldier in the left-hand light can be found in the Montgomery collection at the State Library of Victoria.
Heritage Study and Grading
Vic War Heritage Inventory - Stained Glass Memorial Windows Study
Author: Bronwyn Hughes
Year: 2013
Grading: Local
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FORMER GEELONG WOOL EXCHANGEVictorian Heritage Register H0622
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GEELONG TOWN HALLVictorian Heritage Register H0184
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ST PAUL'S ANGLICAN CHURCHVictorian Heritage Register H0187
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