Camperdown St. Paul's Anglican Church Memorial Window

Details

Location Camperdown, Corangamite - Victoria, Australia
Type stained_glass_window
Description

Mr. John Manifold had personal knowledge of Montgomery's abilities through the commissioning of memorial windows for Geelong Grammar School and he recommended to the vicar, the Rev. Ernest Yeo and the Secretary of Vestry, Mr. HO Nevitt that thememorial windowbe entrusted to him. Discussions began in 1925, but the window was not completed and dispatched until October 1926, in time for installation before Armistice Day. The delay was undoubtedly due to Montgomery's illness in March and April that seriously disrupted the scheduling of many new designs.

This was one of several designs from this period onwards that showed little of Montgomery's 'hand'. The cartoon of a dynamic St. George was almost certainly drawn up by Napier Waller, and was quite unlike Montgomery's usual calmly gazing figures. The border design, ribbon scroll and selections of glass colour were probably chosen by David Gibson, as they foreshadow later windows made by his firm, Mathieson & Gibson, in the 1930s and 1940s. The window cost £126.12.8 plus £2.5.0 for extras and a brass plaque, quoted at £40, was later reduced to £36.

The window was dedicated by Archdeacon Bennett of Warrnambool, at a special service at St. Paul's, Camperdown in April 1927. The brass tablet was not installed until 1927 and unveiled on the eve of Anzac Day. The following names were inscribed: A.G. Bamford; E.R. Bregenzer; J.H. Brown; G.C. Brown; R.H. Dabb; G.A. Cowley; E.T. Harrison; H.D. Jackson; W.H. Manifold; A. McCann Millar: E.A. Miller; F. O'Neill; J. Paisley; C.D. Parker; G.E. Plowman; T. Rawlinson; C. Ruggles; M.F. Sampson; R. Spearing; F.O.T. Wilson; J.R. Wright. When the Rev. Ernest Yeo sent the original list to Montgomery he asked that space be left so that other names might be added should they find omissions had been inadvertently made.

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Inscription

[Plaque] To the glory of God in memory of men of this parish who died on active service in the Great War 1914-18 [List of 21 names] "Their Duty Done They Rest with God"

Condition

Good

Names

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MILLAR, Arthur McCann

Service number 2179
Private
22nd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1

WILSON, Frank Owen Turner

Service number 2420
Private
3rd Pioneer Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1888

MILLAR, Edmund Alexander

Service number 571
Private
Born 1886

HARRISON, Edward Todd

Service number 1203
Driver
4th Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1
Born 22 Apr 1879

COWLEY, George Albion

Service number 1331
Gunner
22nd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade
AIF WW1
Born 1 Nov 1876

BREGENZER, Ernest Raymond

Service number 1641
Sergeant
22nd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born Oct 1878

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