Stained Glass Window at St. John's Presbyterian [now Uniting] Church
Mount Alexander Road, Essendon, MOONEE VALLEY CITY
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Memorial Window References & Acknowledgements
Stained Glass Window at St. John's Presbyterian [now Uniting] Church - Memorial Window References & Acknowledgements
AWM Roll of Honour; NAA: B2455, Mountain William John; Argus, 10 December 1927, p.33; Bob Chalmers, 'Memorial Windows and other Memorials of St. John's Uniting Church - Essendon', (2010).
Stained Glass Window at St. John's Presbyterian [now Uniting] Church - Memorial Window Subject
Crown of Life
Stained Glass Window at St. John's Presbyterian [now Uniting] Church - Memorial Window Text
Be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a Crown of Life Rev. II.10.
Stained Glass Window at St. John's Presbyterian [now Uniting] Church - Memorial Window Inscription
[Plaque] In loving memory of W. J. Mountain Jnr. Killed in Action at Ypres, 1917
Memorial Window Description & History
Stained Glass Window at St. John's Presbyterian [now Uniting] Church - Memorial Window Description & History
In September 1927, the Reverend Dr. Hunter, minister at St. John's Presbyterian Church, Essendon, ordered a series of eleven windows from Brooks, Robinson & Co. including Crown of Life, possibly with the intention od seeing them in place in time for the 75th anniversary of the congregation. A new cartoon was drawn up by Vincente Brun (dates unknown), a freelance artist who was better known in Melbourne for his portraiture, probably from a design by William Wheildon (1873-1941).
William John Mountain was the son of William John and Julia Mountain, 'Craigilea' 136 Buckley Street Essendon, not far from St. John's Church. In civilian life Mountain was a draughtsman who enlisted on 26 February 1916. He embarked on HMAT Orsova in Melbourne on 1 August 1916 and proceeded to Plymouth, arriving on 14 September 1916. As a driver with 1 Australian Field Artilley Brigade he was killed in action at Ypres, on 24 August 1917, aged 25. He is buried in Belgium at Reninghelst New 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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