Essendon St. John's Presbyterian Church Memorial Window

Details

Location Uniting Church, Mount Alexander Road & Buckley Street, Essendon, Moonee Valley - Victoria, Australia
Type stained_glass_window
Description

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.

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Inscription

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
EDWARD ROWE
DIED AT POLYGON WOOD BELGIUM SEPT 20TH 1919
"I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT
I HAVE FINISHED BY COURSE"

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
EDWARD MACGILL
DIED AT POLYGON WOOD BELGIUM SEPT 20TH 1917
WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS
THROUGH HIM THAT LOVED US

BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND I
WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE REV 11.10

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
LEIUT. HAROLD CARLYLE PARKER
37TH BATTALN. DIED OF WOUNDS WITHIN THE GERMAN
LINES AT ARMENTIERES 30TH JANY 1917 AGED 25 YEARS
THEY WILL BE DONE

Condition

Good

Names

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PARKER, Harold Carlyle

Service number 4954
Second Lieutenant
37th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1

MACGILL, Edward

Service number 29809
Gunner
11th Field Artillery Brigade
AIF WW1
Born 1889

ROWE, Edward

Service number 29812
Gunner
11th Field Artillery Brigade
AIF WW1
Born 1892

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