Stained Glass Window at Hamilton Baptist Church

48 Gray Street, Hamilton, SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

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Hamilton Baptist Church

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  • Stained Glass Window at Hamilton Baptist Church - Vic. War Heritage Inventory
  • Stained Glass Window at Hamilton Baptist Church - Vic. War Heritage Inventory
  • Stained Glass Window at Hamilton Baptist Church - Vic. War Heritage Inventory
  • Stained Glass Window at Hamilton Baptist Church - Vic. War Heritage Inventory
  • Stained Glass Window at Hamilton Baptist Church - Vic. War Heritage Inventory
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  • Memorial Window References & Acknowledgements

    Stained Glass Window at Hamilton Baptist Church - Memorial Window References & Acknowledgements

    AWM Roll of Honour; NAA: B2455, Filmer WS.

    With thanks to Pastor Trevor Walmsley, Hamilton Baptist Community Church for names of the men and image of the windows.

    Memorial Window Subject

    Stained Glass Window at Hamilton Baptist Church - Memorial Window Subject

    Ornamental

    Memorial Window Text

    Stained Glass Window at Hamilton Baptist Church - Memorial Window Text

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    Memorial Window Inscription

    Stained Glass Window at Hamilton Baptist Church - Memorial Window Inscription

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    Memorial Window Description & History

    Stained Glass Window at Hamilton Baptist Church - Memorial Window Description & History

    A series of six windows was unveiled in the Hamilton Baptist Church in August 1933, all of which were installed to commemorate men who died in the Great War, one of whom was Walter Filmer.

    Walter Stephen Filmer was a single 22 year-old schoolteacher when he enlisted on 3 February 1916. He had spent a year as a senior cadet and was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Citizen Forces, which probably accounted for his promotion to acting Sergeant a month later. He embarked with reinforements for 22 Battalion and rose through the ranks to be appointed 2nd Lieutenant. On 3 May 1917 he was one of many in 6 Brigade who losttheir lives near Bullecourt; heis commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.

    Image is representative of all six commemorative windows.

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Vic War Heritage Inventory - Stained Glass Memorial Windows Study

    Author: Bronwyn Hughes
    Year: 2013
    Grading: Local

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