Historical information
Commodore Dacre Smyth (1923-2008), designed the two memorial windows for the 106th Anniversary of the Australian Navy and coinciding with the 150th anniversary of the Missions to Seafarers in Melbourne.
The windows were dedicated by Reverend Bishop Jeremy Ashton on the 1st of March 2007. A plaque was also erected under the windows.
Physical description
Arched windows depicting HMAS Australia 1 (1913-1924) , HMAS Cerberus (1870-1924), and a portrait of Admiral W.R. Creswell, Father of the Australian Navy.
Keywords
- st peter chapel,
- flinders street,
- mission to seafarers,
- seamen's mission,
- mission to seamen,
- st peter,
- sailors,
- seamen,
- stained glass windows,
- win,
- memorial chapel,
- commodore dacre smyth (1923-2008),
- royal australian navy,
- ran,
- d-day landing,
- battle of the coral sea,
- william rooke creswell (1852-1933),
- hmas cerberus,
- hmas australia 1
