Stained Glass Window at Essendon St. John's Presbyterian [now Uniting] Church
Mount Alexander Road, Essendon, MOONEE VALLEY CITY
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- Stained Glass Window at Essendon St. John's Presbyterian [now Uniting] Church - Vic. War Heritage Inventory
- Stained Glass Window at Essendon St. John's Presbyterian [now Uniting] Church - Vic. War Heritage Inventory
- Stained Glass Window at Essendon St. John's Presbyterian [now Uniting] Church - Vic. War Heritage Inventory
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Memorial Window References & Acknowledgements
Stained Glass Window at Essendon St. John's Presbyterian [now Uniting] Church - Memorial Window References & Acknowledgements
AWM Roll of Honour; NAA : B2455, Parker, Harold Carlyle; Bob Chalmers, 'Memorial Windows and other Memorials of St. John's Uniting Church - Essendon', (2010).
Stained Glass Window at Essendon St. John's Presbyterian [now Uniting] Church - Memorial Window Subject
St. George
Stained Glass Window at Essendon St. John's Presbyterian [now Uniting] Church - Memorial Window Text
Thy Will Be Done
Stained Glass Window at Essendon St. John's Presbyterian [now Uniting] Church - Memorial Window Inscription
In loving memory of Lieut. Harold Carlyle Parker 37th Battln. Died of Wounds in the German lines at Armentieres 30th Jany 1917 Aged 23[?] years
Memorial Window Description & History
Stained Glass Window at Essendon St. John's Presbyterian [now Uniting] Church - Memorial Window Description & History
St. John's was established as a Presbyterian Church in 1852. The present building, designed by HW & FB Tompkins, was opened in 1927 with its distinctive spire dedicated to the men from St. John's who died in the First World War. A number of memorials were in placewhen the buildingopened and St. George was dedicated at the 75th anniversary celebrations of the church in December 1927. A helmeted St. George was the subject of stained glass artist, William 'Jock' Frater's commemorative church windows from about 1919, including installations at Christ Church Anglican, Birregurra and Holy Trinity Anglican, Maldon. His Arts & Crafts style did not appeal to all clients and often he modified his Scottish training in this style to please a more conservative clientele.
Harold Carlyle Parker was born at Elsternwick in 1892. He enlisted on 11 October 1915, aged 23 years, with military experience in the Victorian Scottish Regiment and the Victorian Rangers. Joining the 15th reinforcements for 6 Battalion he transferred to 37 Battalion from April 1916. After leaving Melbourne on HMAT Persic, on 3 June 1916, he disembarked in England where he was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant. A month after his arrival in France he took part in a raid of German trenches at Armentieres on Christmas Day and was reported wounded and missing in January 1917; this was later amended to Prisoner of War. He died of wounds and was buried by German hands in Military Cemetery Lambersarrt France; he was re-buried later at Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, France.
Heritage Study and Grading
Vic War Heritage Inventory - Stained Glass Memorial Windows Study
Author: Bronwyn Hughes
Year: 2013
Grading: Local
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ESSENDON RAILWAY STATION COMPLEXVictorian Heritage Register H1562
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CANARY ISLAND DATE PALM AVENUE (PHOENIX CANARIENSIS)Victorian Heritage Register H1200
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HOUSEMoonee Valley City
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