Stained Glass Window at Essendon St. John's Presbyterian [now Uniting] Church
Mount Alexander Road, Essendon, MOONEE VALLEY CITY
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Statement of Significance
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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, Macgill E; 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
Jonathan
Stained Glass Window at Essendon St. John's Presbyterian [now Uniting] Church - Memorial Window Text
"We are more than conquerors through Him that loved us". Romans, 8.37
Stained Glass Window at Essendon St. John's Presbyterian [now Uniting] Church - Memorial Window Inscription
In loving memory of Edward Macgill died at Polygon Wood Belgium Sept. 20th, 1917.
Memorial Window Description & History
Stained Glass Window at Essendon St. John's Presbyterian [now Uniting] Church - Memorial Window Description & History
The David and Jonathan windows were both made by EL Yencken & Co. from designs prepared by the firm's senior stained glass artist, William 'Jock' Frater (note signature). Just like the Biblical David and Jonathan, the window reflects the close bonds between the two young men in whose honour the window was erected. The two lights are among Frater's most successful Arts & Crafts windows, where he used a bold painterly style to depict the two young heroes. In the base panel of each light was a laurel wreath surrrounding the colour patch of the 11 Brigade Australian Field Artillery.
Edward Macgill was a farmer and almost 27 years of age when he joined up on 17 April 1916. Initially in the 119 Howitzer Battery, he embarked on HMAT Aeneas in Melbourne on 2 October 1916, arriving at Plymouth the following month. He landed in France on 16 March 1917 and joined 2 Division and then 4 Division Artillery not long afterwards. With his friend Edward Rowe, he transferred to 11 Field Artillery Brigade on 21 June 1917. Gunner Macgill was killed in action in Belgium on 20 September 1917 and was buried near Ypres, at Menin Road South Military Cemetery.
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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