This is one of only a few windows that commemorated the service of men of the Korean War, alongside the men of the First and Second World Wars. The windows, each measuring approximately 54 x 20 inches, were ordered by Archdeacon North in 1960. William Kerr-Morgan (1896-1967) designed the images of the saints and new cartoons were prepared. Two Honour Rolls in the church record the names of men who fought and died for King and country. The smaller Honour Roll, possibly removed from a Presbyterian church, has the names of 21 men, four of whom died on active service, including Gunner Edward MacGill who was killed in action near Ypres in Belgium on 20 September 1917 and Frederick Robert McNaughton killed in action on 14 May 1917; both men listed their religion as Presbyterian.
The larger Board has 81 servicemens' names recorded John McCoy 'Jack' Pettigrew, aged nearly 30, enlisted on 17 August 1914 in 7 Battalion where he was later promoted to Sergeant. Wounded at Gallipoli, then gassed at Messines, he returned to Australia underweight and suffering bronchial catarrah in March 1918 and was discharged on 25 June. His two younger brothers, William Francis and Angus George Pettigrew, enlisted together in 14 Battalion in September 1914, aged 21 and 19 years respectively. William suffered from numerous illnesses throughout the war, starting with influenza in Egypt and and again at Gallipoli. Betweens bouts in hospital he was posted to various units, the last of which was 46 Battalion; he returned to Australia in October 1918. His younger brother, Angus, proceeded to Gallipoli with 14 Battalion and was killed in action on 29 April 1915. He was buried at Courtney's and Steel's Post Cemetery on the Gallipoli Peninsula.
References & Acknowledgements
AWM Roll of Honour; AWM First World War Embarkation Roll; NAA: B2455, Macgill, E; NAA: B2455, McNaughton, Frederick Robert; NAA: B2455, Pettigrew John McCoy; NAA: B2455, Pettigrew Angus George ; NAA: B2455, Pettigrew, William Francis; Shepparton Advertiser, 6 June 1918, p.3.
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