Stained Glass Window at Corio Geelong Grammar School All Saints' Anglican Chapel

Biddlecombe Avenue, Corio, GREATER GEELONG CITY

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Geelong All Saints Chapel Leach

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  • Stained Glass Window at Corio Geelong Grammar School All Saints' Anglican Chapel - Vic. War Heritage Inventory
  • Stained Glass Window at Corio Geelong Grammar School All Saints' Anglican Chapel - Vic. War Heritage Inventory
  • Stained Glass Window at Corio Geelong Grammar School All Saints' Anglican Chapel - Vic. War Heritage Inventory
  • Stained Glass Window at Corio Geelong Grammar School All Saints' Anglican Chapel - Vic. War Heritage Inventory
  • Stained Glass Window at Corio Geelong Grammar School All Saints' Anglican Chapel - Vic. War Heritage Inventory
  • Stained Glass Window at Corio Geelong Grammar School All Saints' Anglican Chapel - Vic. War Heritage Inventory
  • Stained Glass Window at Corio Geelong Grammar School All Saints' Anglican Chapel - Vic. War Heritage Inventory
  • Stained Glass Window at Corio Geelong Grammar School All Saints' Anglican Chapel - Vic. War Heritage Inventory
  • Stained Glass Window at Corio Geelong Grammar School All Saints' Anglican Chapel - Vic. War Heritage Inventory
  • Stained Glass Window at Corio Geelong Grammar School All Saints' Anglican Chapel - Vic. War Heritage Inventory
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  • Memorial Window References & Acknowledgements

    Stained Glass Window at Corio Geelong Grammar School All Saints' Anglican Chapel - Memorial Window References & Acknowledgements

    James Affleck, Geelong Grammarians at World War Two, The Old Geelong Grammarians Incorporated, Corio, 2002, pp.44-45; The Corian, May 1942; Don Minterne, 'The History of 73 Squadron Part 2 (November 1940-September 1943)'; Argus, 12 May 1942, p.2.

    Memorial Window Subject

    Stained Glass Window at Corio Geelong Grammar School All Saints' Anglican Chapel - Memorial Window Subject

    N. Africa

    Memorial Window Text

    Stained Glass Window at Corio Geelong Grammar School All Saints' Anglican Chapel - Memorial Window Text

    Immortality: And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death neither sorrow nor crying neither shall there be any more pain.

    Memorial Window Inscription

    Stained Glass Window at Corio Geelong Grammar School All Saints' Anglican Chapel - Memorial Window Inscription

    Killed on active service Libya July 1941 Pilot Officer Stephen John Leach 73 Squadron R.A.F.

    Memorial Window Description & History

    Stained Glass Window at Corio Geelong Grammar School All Saints' Anglican Chapel - Memorial Window Description & History

    Following a similar composition to the other aisle windows, the Royal Air Force badge was placed near the top of the window, the emblem of 'Immortality' (Alpha and Omega symbols within a circle formed by a winged serpent eating its own tail) and the squadron badge with its motto 'totor et ultor' ('protector and avenger') set below the text within the olive leaf and fruit borders.

    Stephen Leach, eldest son of SE and Gertrude Leach, attended Trinity College at the University of Melbourne where he completed an Arts degree with Honours in 1937. After a brief period on the staff of Tudor House School, Moss Vale NSW, Leach entered the Colonial Service and was posted to Tanganyika on the Congo border. He was released from his Colonial duties for service in the King's African Rifles where his knowledge of the Swahili language was invaluable. He transferred to the RAF and flew with 213 Squadron as Pilot Officer in many African campaigns. He was flying a hurricane from 73 Squadron in the Middle East when he was posted missing in action on 7 July 1941 after taking off from Amiriya to strafe Gambut aerodrome. He is commemorated at Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt.

    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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