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Location:
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Corner Percy and Julia Streets, Portland, GLENELG SHIRE, 3305
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Local Government Area:
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GLENELG SHIRE
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Heritage Type:
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Memorial Artwork, Window
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Description:
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Subject
Philip the Deacon
Text
Philip the Deacon
Inscription
To the Glory of God and in loving memory of Keith Lorrence Brown Lieut. 2/32 Inf. Bn. A.I.F. Killed in Action 18th June, 1945 Aged 26 years.
Description & History
Philip the Deacon was an unusual subject for a soldier memorial. It was commissioned as one of three lancets for the west window of the church, along with the Stoning of St. Stephen and John the Bishop. It is attributed to Joseph Stansfield of Phoenix Studios on stylistic grounds. Lieutenant Brown's mother Lillian and sister Marjorie were Portland Anglicans.
Lieutenant Keith Lorrence Brown was born in the final months of the First World War, on 26 September 1918. Married to Linda, nee Miller, a Private in the AWAS, Brown was a teacher with the Education Department when he enlisted at Adelaide River, Northern Territory. He was killed in action with the 2/32nd Battalion of the AIF at Burnei Bay, Borneo on 18 June 1945, aged 26 years and is commemorated in the Labuan War Cemtery.
References & Acknowledgements
AWM Roll of Honour; NAA: B883, VX115892; Argus, 30 June 1945, p.2; 18 June 1946, p.2; Portland Guardian, 5 July 1945, p.2; 30 August 1945, p.2.
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Conflicts Commemorated:
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Second World War 1939-45
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Designers/Architects:
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Stansfield, Joseph (attributed)
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Phoenix Studios
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