His Grace the Archbishop of Melbourne, Dr. Harrington Lees, dedicated nine windows on 7June 1922, three of which were in memory of young men who had died on active service. All three had been in camp at Broadmeadows before sailing to Europe. In 1922, the church stood on its original site on the corner of Oaklands and Bulla Roads but was threatened by the development of Tullamarine airport and moved to its present site in 1973, reopening on 24 November 1974.
One of the trhee windows was dedicated to Corporal Arthur Ernest Lane who enlisted on 7 July 1915, aged 24, and embarked at Sydney on HMAT Bulla on 25 November 1915, with the expectation of assisting the Gallipoli campaign. Instead he proceeded to France in May 1916 with 22 Field Artillery Brigade and was promoted to Bombadier 24 June 1916. In August 1917, while with 5 FAB, he was wounded but remained at his post, and again the following month. Bombadier Lane died from wounds received in action on 7 October 1917, aged 26. He was buried in Belgium at Hooge Crater Cemetery Zillebeke.
References & Acknowledgements
AWM Roll of Honour; NAA: B2455, Lane Arthur Ernest; Church of England Messenger, 25 May 1922, p.249; 22 June 1922, p.305; 6 July 1922, p.329.
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