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

Biddlecombe Avenue, Corio, GREATER GEELONG CITY

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Corio Geelong Grammar School Chapel_ Michael and Uriel

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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

    AWM Roll of Honour; NAA: A705, 163/31/47; NAA: A705, 163/110/43; James Affleck, Geelong Grammarians at World War Two, The Old Geelong Grammarians Incorporated, Corio, 2002, pp. 21-24; The Corian, May 1942; December 1942; December 1944.

    Memorial Window Subject

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

    LH Uriel RH Michael

    Memorial Window Text

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

    LH Dream of Heaven

    RH Triumph over Evil

    Memorial Window Inscription

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

    LH In memory of Ldg. Aircraftsman Leigh Brereton Sadleir Falkiner RAF born 1921 killed on service Feb. 1942 RH AMDG In memory of Flt. Lieut. John Alexander Falkiner RAAF (Eng.) born 1918 killed on service Sept. 1942

    Memorial Window Description & History

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

    Many of the Second World War commemorative windows in All Saints' Chapel were the work of Mervyn Napier Waller (1893-1972), although in some instances, such as this more ethereal and fanciful design of theArchangelsUriel and Michael, may have been a collaboration between Waller and his wife, Christian Waller. Uriel is not often depicted in art in any medium (with notable exceptions, such as Leonardo's Virgin of the Rocks) and appears here as the angel that watches over thunder and terror (or hell) as well as the angel of repentance. (A small window of Uriel by Christian Waller at St. James' Anglican Church, Ivanhoe.) St. Michael was shown in victory over Satan. The cartoon of St.Michael is held in the Victorian Heritage Collection. The window in memory of the two Falkiner cousins was the gift of their fathers; it was unveiled by Air Vice-Marshal A.T. Cole CBE DSO MC DFC and dedicated by School Chaplain, the Reverend J.H. Allen. Their fathers, and three other brothers, were principal donors of the Chapel of All Saints', which they dedicated to the memory of their mother.

    After completing his secondary schooling Leigh Falkiner studied law at Trinity College, the University of Melbourne. He joined the RAAF reserve and passed his training before qualifying as a Night Fighter Pilot with the RAF. His Oxford aircraft struck high tension wires when flying low in poor weather on 12 February 1942; he was to get his 'wings' only three days later. He was buried in Kidlington Burial Ground, Oxfordshire.

    Flight Lieutenant John Alexander Falkiner, RAAF, only son of Otway Rothwell (1874-1961) andUna CarolineFalkiner, was a pupil at Geelong G.S. before studying History at Trinity College. He joined 460 Squadron as a pilot andflew Wellingtons inmany raids overEurope. Hewas on aconversion training course in a Halifax bomber when it crashed in Yorkshire on 22 September 1942. All four crew were killed and Flight Lieutenant Falkiner was buried inWootton St Lawrence churchyard, Hampshire, England

    Both men were remembered on the 1939-1945 Roll of Honour in Trinity Chapel.

    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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