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Location:
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Clyde Street, Myrtleford, ALPINE SHIRE, 3737
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Local Government Area:
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ALPINE SHIRE
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Heritage Type:
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Memorial Artwork, Window
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Description:
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Subject
Faith in Armour
Text
Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15.13.
Inscription
A.M.D.G. In loving memory of Pt. Henry Norman Rothery 24th Battalion. 6th Infantry Brigade 1st A.I.F. who fell fighting for the Empire at Gallipoli, 29th November 1915. Aged 20 years.
Description & History
St. George was a popular choice of subject for many First World War windows, especially this version designed and drawn up by William Wheildon (1873-1941) and George H Dancey (1865-1922)for Brooks, Robinson & Co. In this instance, the cartoon was renamed Faith in Armour however it essentially carried the same connotations of fortitude and bravery in the face of the enemy. Other versions by the same artists were installed at Murchison (Vic.) and Young, (NSW), with minor variations.
Henry Norman Rothery was a 19 year-old bank clerk when enlisted in March 1915 at Birregurra in the Western District of Victoria. He joined 24 Battalion as a private and proceeded to Gallipoli on 30 August 1915 with other battalions of 6 Brigade. He was one of a number of men reported missing after a severe bombardment of the Lone Pine trenches on 29 November and a subsequent Court of Inquiry deemed that the twelve men lost from the battalion be struck off the strength as 'killed in action'. He and his comrades were commemorated at the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli. Private Rothery is also remembered in a window at Christ Church Anglican, Birregurra (Vic.). An older sister, Elizabeth was on leave from the hospital ship Karoola when she died at Beechworth in June 1918.
References & Acknowledgements
AWM Roll of Honour; NAA: B2455, Rothery Henry Norman; Argus, 6 July 1918, p.13; Ovens and Murray Valley Advertiser, 2 February 1916, p.2.
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Year Construction Ended:
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1923
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Conflicts Commemorated:
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First World War 1914-18
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Designers/Architects:
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Wheildon, William
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Dancey, George H
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Brooks, Robinson & Co
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