Ashfield, St John the Baptist Anglican Church, war memorial
This war memorial stands on the grounds of St John the Baptist Anglican Church along Alt Street, in the inner west suburb of Ashfield. The church was built in 1843 but this entrance and the tower were added in 1901. The cenotaph dedication reads: In everlasting tribute to those parishioners of St. John's Church of England Ashfield who served in the fighting forces of Australia during the 2nd World War 1939 - 1945.
What an interesting building. The plaque structure in the foreground is so fitting to the church.
ReplyDeleteLove the sky watch and good fences post...along with the city and flag flying high and proud!!
ReplyDeleteThis post and photo is exemplary...great memorial.
Beautiful church! Nice capture. Thanks for stopping by my blog! :)
ReplyDeleteSince this year is the 100th anniversary of WW1, I have been looking around for public memorials all over the place. This one is for WW2, but it still has the architectural simplicity of the memorials built from 1919 on.
ReplyDeleteI pray for the day when cenotaphs to war dead will no longer be necessary...
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Quite a beautiful church, and that is a remarkable, poignant cenotaph.
ReplyDeleteLove the composition and shadows. It looks very tropical, parklike
ReplyDeleteThey shall grow not old as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, not the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them...interesting inscription. Tom The Backroads Traveller
ReplyDeleteTom, it's the "Ode of Remembrance", taken from Laurence Binyon's poem, "For the Fallen", which was first published in The Times in September 1914. We often hear it in tributes on Anzac Day and Remembrance Day in Australia.
DeleteHow nice to include the war memorial on the church property-a befitting honor!
ReplyDeleteWas the money gone before they could built a spire on the church or don't this particular churches don't have one?
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if they ran out of money before they built one. Our big St Marys Cathedral in the city was built in 1868 and only had the spires installed in 2000. I know of another similar looking church in Sydney that had its spire damaged so was removed and never replaced.
DeleteVery interesting building.
ReplyDeleteInteresting post.
Have a great celebration.
Greetings from Polish.
Lucia
Welcome Jim!
ReplyDeleteInteresting church.
Written an interesting post.
Yours :)
War memorial within the church yard. It's a great thing, a good reminder to worshippers to remember the departed and an act of gratitude and honor to those who sacrificed lives.
ReplyDeleteYou can read more about the church and memorial at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John%27s,_Ashfield
ReplyDeleteThis time with a link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John%27s,_Ashfield
ReplyDeletelove that front door - very cool ( :
ReplyDeleteThat's a very fitting, lovely memorial, and a really nice idea to have it so centrally located, right near the church. Well done!
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