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STANWAY, ALFRED (b. 9 Sept 1908; d. Melbourne, Vic, 27 June 1989). Anglican bishop, missionary. Stanway grew up in the Wimmera district of western Victoria, and left school when 14 years old. He found work in Melbourne, trained as an accountant, and at the age of 20, held a responsible position with a publishing company. This background, allied with an uncommon flair for figures and finance, was to stand him in good stead throughout his life. But he had little knowledge and no experience of the grace of God until 29 July 1928. At the Evening Service in the parish church of Fairfield on 29 July, he heard the Rev C H Nash (q.v.) preach a sermon which led to his conversion. Within two years he made up his mind to become a missionary and began night studies in order to matriculate. He entered Ridley College in March 1932 to prepare for ordination undertaking week-end duties as a catechist at Deer Park and St Albans. He joined the CMS League of Youth, became chairman, and gathered a fine band of young people many of whom were to become missionaries. He was closely involved with the Belgrave Heights Convention (then at Upwey) and established a League of Youth camp on the site. All his energies were thrown into the task of building up its members in personal holiness and vigorous evangelism. Stanway was ordained in St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne on St Thomas Day 1934 and was placed in charge of the Old Mission Church of St James and St John, Melbourne. The duties were light enough to allow him to enrol in the Melbourne Teachers College and to complete the Diploma in Teaching. On 26 January 1937, he sailed for Africa to become a missionary in the Anglican Diocese of Mombasa, which at that time embraced the whole of Kenya. He was sent to the hot coastal town of Kaloleni as principal of a Secondary Boys School. Before he left Melbourne, he had become engaged to Marjory Harrison: she followed him to Africa and their marriage took place in Mombasa Cathedral in June 1939. He remained at Kaloleni until 1944 when he was transferred to the inland station of Maseno where all his gifts were to be deployed as rural dean of Nyanza. His oversight of some 500 village churches as well as a widespread primary school system was so efficient that in 1948 he was appointed archdeacon of Kenya with his home and office in Nairobi. As secretary of the African Church Council and of the African Education Board, he was responsible for all African work in the diocese. His contacts with government ministers and public servants were of first class significance at the time when the cry of Uhuru and the demand for independence was travelling throughout the colonial world. On 2 Feb 1951, Alfred Stanway was consecrated in Westminster Abbey as the third Anglican Bp of Central Tanganyika. This Diocese was the special sphere of the CMS Australia, and he already knew most of the missionary personnel. He brought with him the understanding and experience of one who had fully shared the lot and problems of a district missionary, but he came to the diocese at a time when it had yet to recover from its losses in personnel and finance as a result of the war. His immediate task was to provide the impetus of fresh leadership and a long-term overall policy. His aim from-the outset was to build up a strong autonomous church with its own indigenous pastorate. With the whole-hearted confidence of the home base, he was able to enlist the service of new missionaries. He saw a great increase in the number of African clergy and he encouraged village evangelists to open new fields of work. Simple structures were built as new churches at the rate of two a week, week in and week out, year by year. He worked hard to meet the need for Christian literature, bookshops, adult literacy and theological training. He opened Bible schools for village evangelists and sent suitable clergy overseas for further studies. He encouraged initiative in others, helped them to find and use their talents, and gave them his unstinted confidence and support. Fresh finance was required for new ventures. This led him to travel widely in Germany and America, where he raised large funds for these projects. Mackay House was built in Dodoma as the central administrative base for the diocese, hospitals such as those at Mvumi and Hombolo were modernised or established, schools were built and upgraded. In keeping with his vision for ultimate leadership by African personnel, he consecrated Yohana Omari in 1955 as his assistant, he was the first national to become a bp in East Africa. Bp Stanway then set on foot the long and complicated process for the division of his sprawling diocese. In 1963, the diocese of Victoria Nyanza came into being; in 1965, that of Morogoro; in 1966, that of Western Tanganyika. Yet in 1971, his own diocese of Central Tanganyika, though greatly reduced in size, had more churches and more clergy than in its undivided state in 195 l. Stanway then played a leading part in the formation of the Province of Tanzania in 1970, with an African abp as metropolitan. A year later, after 35 years in East Africa and 20 years as bishop of Central Tanganyika, he resigned. His leadership and achievements throughout those years had placed him in the front rank as a great missionary statesman. Stanway had returned to Melbourne at the time when his resignation took effect in August 1971. His early love for Ridley College reasserted itself and he went into residence as deputy principal under the Rev Dr Leon Morris. He was put in charge of chapel worship and the pastoral oversight of the students. All his gifts and experience were called into play as he sought to guide and encourage those who were on the threshold of their ministry. The whole bent of his heart was to foster the spiritual life and missionary calling of those whose hearts the Lord had touched. It was during those years that his life-long zeal for the spread of the gospel through Christian literature had its ultimate flowering. It had begun in his Nairobi days with a small church bookstall, this had developed into a major book-shop in the heart of the city. Then in Dodoma he had established the Central Tanganyika Press in order to promote the publication and distribution of Christian literature at all levels. He had marked out Kevin Engel, trained him, and launched him on the international scene. Hence it was natural that in Melbourne he and Kevin Engel should found the Australian Christian Literature Society. But his time at Ridley College was not to last. Unknown to him, the Rev J R W Stott had put his name forward as that of a person who could head a new school of theology in the United States to provide a sound training for evangelical ordinands. Such a task would have been formidable enough for a younger man who had grown up in America. How could an Australian who had spent half his life in Africa hope to succeed in a venture of that kind in America? How could one who had been a missionary, not a theologian, found a new school to train men for ordination? Nevertheless he rose to the challenge. In Sept 1975, he and Mrs Stanway left Melbourne for Sewickly, an outer suburb of Pittsburg, with the promise of three years' service. He had to start from scratch. He found a house to live in, but there was no land for the school, no funds in hand, no staff yet appointed, no students, and no buildings. His drive, his infections enthusiasm, and his flair for practical enterprise carried the day. One by one, obstacles were overcome and support grew in volume and strength. Twelve months after his arrival, in Sept 1976, the Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry was opened with three staff members, seventeen students, and the goodwill of the whole American Episcopal Church to win. During the next two years, the school took shape and was firmly established. Bp Stanway left an indelible stamp on every aspect of its life and work, its spiritual tone and ideals, its financial and administrative principles. He had inspired widespread support among evangelical episcopalians and had imparted a strong sense of divine guidance and purpose. The council would gladly have extended his term in office beyond three years, but at 75 years of age he knew that his health had begun to fail. When he finally relinquished his office in Nov 1978, he could look back on those three years as the crown of his ministry. It is not too much to say that his name was even more highly honoured and revered in the Trinity School of Ministry than in his own dearly loved Africa. His return to Melbourne led to quiet retirement at Mount Waverley where he settled down to a long battle with the ever worsening effects of Parkinson's Disease. The slow loss of physical capacity and the ultimate failure in powers of speech were a great trial, but he never complained. His faith was summed up in his brief reply when he was asked why he had not prayed for healing: 'What God allows, I accept'. That acceptance was without reserve; his testimony was never brighter. His mental powers were undiminished and his spiritual concerns were as wide as ever. He kept in touch with CMS, he went to church, he met with missionaries, he led Bible studies in his home as long as he was able. Africa was always in his heart, news from Sewickly always gave him great pleasure. He had left a mark for God on three great continents and his death left sad but thankful hearts in them all. It was the close of a life in which he had felt that he could never do enough for God who had done so much for him. One of Bp Stanway's sayings was 'when the Holy Spirit takes hold of you, anything can happen'. So it was in his case. He was very human, with his full share of human foibles and frailties. He had a great zest for life and an endless fund of stories drawn from his own experience. He was himself the subject of many stories, some true, others legendary. His vibrant personality always seemed to fill the house where he was, his presence could not be overlooked. His own home was one in which Mrs Stanway had a paramount influence. She was a trained teacher, a skilled artist, a born hostess and a first-class linguist. They had no children of their own, but were devoted Godparents and always deeply interested in the children of missionaries. Home life allowed him to relax in a serene and contented atmosphere and to exercise his gifts for friendship and hospitality. He was always on the watch for souls, a person-to-person evangelist par excellence. He was a man of faith and prayer who dared to believe in the God of the impossible. His love for Africa, his total dedication as a missionary; his gifts as a soulwinner; his genius for finance; his shrewd practical initiatives, and his statesmanlike vision were outstanding characteristics. But great or small, all his gifts were laid out in the service of the gospel, and that service marked him out as one of the most remarkable Australian missionaries of his generation. M L Loane, Men to Remember (Sydney, 1987) Rev. Alfred Stanway is standing with open book in hand, dressed in clerical garb.Bishop Alfred Stanwaybishop alfred stanway

Dressed in mufti, attended by no band or banners, more than 200 women slid past the almost unheeding crowd in a battalion of cars, unobtrusively taking their part in the Anzac Day march, as they played their part during World War One. They were all returned army nurses who served in Egypt, Salonika, Flanders, Belgium, England and India. Many were wearing medals such as the Commander of the Order of the British Empire medal (CBE), the Royal Red Cross medal (RRC), the Florence Nightingale medal, the Order of St Sava and the Medal of Honour of Greece. The article goes on to list many of the women who participated in the march.A photocopy of a newspaper clipping consisting of titles, one large photo and several columns of text. The photo depicts a woman in nurse's uniform and war medals.ww1, wwi, world war 1, e conyers, matron in chief, australian army nursing service, aans, australian imper, australian imperial forces, aif, a dowsley, 3rd military district, e cornwell, edith cavell trust fund, mchardie white, gertrude davis, hamilton russell wing, alfred hospital, i o'dwyer, repatriation hospital, caulfield, m.e. nicholson, methodist homes for children, cheltenham, a.f. roberts, masonic homes, punt rd, d ryall (nee newton), trinity college, g douglas, newport, e cameron, melbourne university, nan reay, bryant and may, c fisher (nee pratti), grace wilson, edith cavell memorial service, returned army nurses' club, parliament house, h. hayes (nee gawler), m.m. loughron, children's welfare department, e hart, b.m. gibbings, a.r. broughton (nee bolton), a forrest, baby health centre, ivanhoe, buckham, a. king, lily rutherford, m. coombes, v woinarski, m. humphrey, police hospital, n. rhoden, anzac hostel, j. tyers, mont park, j. stanbury, bundoora, f. grylls, children's health bureau, anzac house, m. ambler, jean robertson, macrobertson's, rose quarterman, buckleu and nunn, v. payne, tanganyika, w.b. healy (nee brocklebank), rushworth, c. murray, nauru, e.m. mccarthy, traralgon, l.e. wheeler, st arnaud, b. g. stubbs, tecoma, e.l. weitnaure (nee trant), bateford, cope (nee hewlett), tatura, w.s. philip (nee green), echuca, b. o'connor (nee balkam), maldon, scurry (nee barry), silvan, long (nee garden), fussell (nee garden), gillies, m peet, a purcell, geelong, j.r. porter, peake (nee ekers), harcourt (nee tuxworth), o. sommerville (nee deane), lorimer (nee pilkington), r. b. kelley (nee malcolm), i. owen, e cullen (nee newton), e shepard (nee harrison), gaff (nee steele), wilkinson (nee peters), p. n. lewis (nee evans), p dooley (nee haynes), barber (nee webb), d monat (nee crossing), w. scurry (nee barry), e. geddison (nee edwards), arruthers, winfield, hambridge, l. dutton, w. b. heily (nee bocklebank), e. glyde (nee whitely), b o'connor (nee balham), i. prime (nee ogilvie), r. e.ireland (nee grove), e. kitchen (nee neville), c. matheson (nee donaldson), m. clyne (nee hardie), s. buckley (nee flett), stewart cowan, wiseman (nee jamieson), h. welch (nee white), jj. sedgeick (nee waddell), n drysdale, m. roberts (nee brown), geach, c. bonwick (nee strom), l. thompson (nee stewart), g. easter (nee jeremiah), n. kenward, h. davis (nee colwill), geddison, g. owen, g. cochran, hales (nee whitfield), l. sheppard, g. levinson (nee irvine), g. sylvester, tregellis smith (nee sampson), h. f. allison wallilien (nee canard), v. woinarski, l. leich, d. white, s. bennett smith, mcphail, l. rutherford, m. hall, n. coombs, w. holding, c. cadwellader, dowling, stewart, j. bage, m. hobler, i. mcalpine, condon, s. malcolm, m. smith, a. h. stone, m. nuzum, j. burgess, m. burtley, k. devine, e. simpson, s. pines, i. bonnin, a. cassidy, kendall, i. f. donald, j. currie, t. tyson, j. robertson, r. quarterman, g. grace, m. tilton, m. robinson, a. lee-brown, c. williams, l. moxham, e. reddie, f. tabor, n. isaacs, e. m. renard, mackenzie, k. garney, g. duncan, f.m. dowell, n.w. gillespie, e.l. prescott, sandbrook, m. peet, e. thistlewaite, e. palmer, b. lord, b. mckinnell, g. bishop, b mcphail, m. pearce, l. hancock, o. saloway, e. dixon, g.c. marum, m. folwer, a.m. gallen, a. brown, a. hardie, j. simpson, m. thomas, e.g. beer, goodman, s. greenaway, w. williamson, j. donald, a. gill, e. gill, k. fegan, m. humphreys, j.m. matthews, e.c. kerr, holding, g. sumner, a. kitchen, e. pitchford, m. cumming, m. donnellan, o. gillin, a. purcell, j. jennings, m. delehenty, m. stevens, m. duggan, j. reeves, a. neunham

Index, bib, ill, maps, p.488.non-fictionIn the aftermath of the Great War the East Africa campaign was destined to be dismissed by many in Britain as a remote 'sideshow' in which only a handful of names and episodes - the Königsberg, von Lettow-Vorbeck, the 'Naval Expedition to Lake Tanganyika' - achieved any lasting notoriety. But to the other combatant powers - Germany, South Africa, India, Belgium and Portugal - it was, and would remain, a campaign of huge importance. A 'small war', consisting of a few 'local affairs', was all that was expected in August 1914 as Britain moved to eliminate the threat to the high seas of German naval bases in Africa. But two weeks after the Armistice was signed in Europe British and German troops were still fighting in Africa after four years of what one campaign historian described as 'a war of extermination and attrition without parallel in modern times'. The expense of the campaign to the British Empire was immense, the Allied and German 'butchers bills' even greater. But the most tragic consequence of the two sides' deadly game of 'tip and run' was the devastation of an area five times the size of Germany, and civilian suffering on a scale unimaginable in Europe. Such was the cost of 'The White Man's Palaver', the final phase of the European conquest of Africa.world war 1914-1918 - campaigns - east africa, world war 1914-1918 - campaigns - africa

Ill, p.213.non-fictionA history of the German colonies in East Africagermany - colonies - tanganyika, germany - colonies