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M. Napier Waller, Australian (1893-1972)
The three priest-martyrs, St Peters Eastern Hill, Melbourne, Victoria. Stained glass, 1946, Melbourne
Strong identified the subjects as Fathers Vivian Redlich, Henry Holland and Henry Matthews. Holland and Redlich were both beheaded on Buna beach along with others from the Sangara mission. Matthews, whose commission as a chaplain was about to be terminated on account of his age, was on a ship near Port Moresby when it was shelled by a submarine, 7 August 1942.
Photographer: Graham Southam
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R. S. Exon and Co., Brisbane, to a design by William Bustard, English (1894-1973, arrived Australia 1921
The Te Deum window (Christ surrounded by the saints in glory), St Augustine’s, Hamilton, Queensland. Stained glass, 1948, Brisbane
This window includes several of the New Guinea martyrs among the saints closest to the viewer, along with a broad chronological range, from the New Testament to the Middle Ages, and beyond, including King Charles I, who was provided with a liturgical celebration in the 1662 Prayer Book.
Photographer: Michael Stephenson
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R. S. Exon and Co., Brisbane, to a design by William Bustard, English (1894-1973, arrived Australia 1921
Detail of lower left lancet: two representative servicemen, the Te Deum window (Christ surrounded by the saints in glory), St Augustine’s, Hamilton, Queensland. Stained glass, 1948, Brisbane
While the New Guinea martyrs are depicted with haloes in which their names appear, these two representative servicemen, one from the army and the other from the air force, have a more general reference in this window, designed as a war memorial.
Photographer: Michael Stephenson
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R. S. Exon and Co., Brisbane, to a design by William Bustard, English (1894-1973, arrived Australia 1921
Detail of lancet second from left: Mavis Parkinson in nurse’s uniform and Vivian Redlich, priest, the Te Deum window (Christ surrounded by the saints in glory), St Augustine’s, Hamilton, Queensland. Stained glass, 1948, Brisbane
Mavis Parkinson and May Hayman had been based at Gona. They were bayoneted near Popondetta between 13 and 16 August 1942 .
Photographer: Michael Stephenson
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R. S. Exon and Co., Brisbane, to a design by William Bustard, English (1894-1973, arrived Australia 1921
Detail of lancet second from right: John Barge, priest, kneeling in blue dalmatic, the Te Deum window (Christ surrounded by the saints in glory), St Augustine’s, Hamilton, Queensland. Stained glass, 1948, Brisbane
Barge was beheaded by the Japanese in New Britain, then part of the diocese of Melanesia. New Britain was incorporated into the diocese of New Guinea in 1949.
Photographer: Michael Stephenson
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