St John's Cathedral, Brisbane and the Anzac Legend

Gillies, William , Queensland Premier, comment on Anzac Day, 32 Gona , missionary executions at, 69; casualties at, in attempt to retake, 71; map location of, 71 Graham, Reverend Stirling , visiting Edith Cavell before execution, 47 Grant, William, Brigadier-General , commander of Light Horse cavalry charge, Palestine, 49 Great War, The , see First World War, individual battles, et al Guadalcanal , campaign to retake from Japanese, 64 guidons , regimental colours of mounted infantry units, 85, 86; see also colours, regimental, individual unit numbers Halse, Reverend Reginald , Archbishop of Brisbane, at All Hallows rebuilding, foundation ceremony, 55 High Altar , placement of Shellal Mosaic in proximity thereto, 51 Holland, Reverend Henry , missionary, death at hands of Japanese invaders, 69 hospital/s , see individual names Hughes, Lieutenant-Colonel Luke , commanding officer, 9th Battalion, at laying-up ceremony, comments by, 86, 87 Istanbul , see Constantinople Japan/ese , atrocities, reference, 14; aggression in Pacific, Second World War, 61; threat to Australia, 62; defeat of, and surrenders by, 64; torpedo attack on USS Wasp, 64 ; invasion of Papua and New Guinea, activities, and atrocities committed, 69-71; campaign to retake Papua and New Guinea from, 71 Jervis Bay , proximity to collision of Melbourne-Voyager, 79 Kelly, Sister , care of patients, First World War, 38 Kokoda Track , fighting on, Second World War, map location of, 71, 71 laid-up , military interpretation of dust-to-dust, process of, 85 landings , Gallipoli, McInnes sketch , 8-9 Lashmar, Lilla , missionary, death at hands of Japanese invaders, 69 laying-up , (colours) as embodiment of sacrifice and service, 87; see also laid-up; see also respective colours, units Hanlon, Edward (Ned) , at Garland’s funeral, 33 Hayman, Sister May , missionary, death of, 69, 70 Hell Spit , Anzac Cove, 20 ; cemetery, 22-23 Laying-up Ceremony , 9th Battalion, comment on, 86 London , Blitz, reference, 14; German air raids on, 55; firefighting following air raid on, 56 Lone Pine , Battle of, 18 Long Tan , battle of, Vietnam War, 67 Luftwaffe , air raids by, Second World War, 55 MacArthur, General Douglas , with Prime Minister Curtin in Sydney, 62 McInnes, William , artist, sketch of Gallipoli landings, 8-9 Mack, Glenn , designer of Australian-American alliance windows, 67 map/s , Turkey, relief, with locations marked, 18 ; Gallipoli, southern peninsula, 19 ; Anzac Cove, region, with battle locations, 19 ; Papua and New Guinea, adjacent islands, locations, 71 martyr/dom , see Cavell, Edith Martyrs , see New Guinea Martyrs Mathews, Reverend Henry , missionary, death at hands of Japanese invaders, 69 Maxwell, Reverend Alexander , flag-bearer, Gallipoli, 13; career, role at Gallipoli, 21; return to Brisbane from Gallipoli, 23; preaching on Anzac, report of, 26-27; burial at Toowong, 33; Gallipoli flag housed and framed in Cathedral, 87 medals and awards , George Cross awarded to CPO Jonathan Rogers, HMAS Voyager disaster, 79; Military Medal, awarded to nurses, First World War, 38; Victoria Cross, Lone Pine, 18 Melbourne, HMAS , Voyager disaster, reference, 15; collision with HMAS Voyager, 79, 80 ; close-up view of bow after collision, 82 memorial/s , in Cathedral, locations of, 2; locations of, floorplan, 3 ; overview of Cathedral’s, 12; Voyager disaster, reference, 15; significance of Shellal Mosaic, placement of, 51; Australian-American stained-glass windows, 66; Stone of Remembrance, 74 ; Seffrin Crucifix , 78 ; see also stone, crucifix, window/s, et al Middle East , reference, 17; chaplaincy preparations for troops, 31; ANZAC Corps operations in, First World War, 36

Middleton, Ron , Australian pilot, RAF Bomber Command, 58 militarism , forces behind First World War, 38, 39 Military Medal , awarded to nurses, First World War, 38 Milne Bay , Battle of, map location of , 71, 71 Milne, Major Joh n, 9th Battalion Gallipoli survivor, at first anniversary Cathedral service, 87 missionaries , in Papua and New Guinea, fate at hands of Japanese invaders, 69-71 Monaghan, Brigadier R F , presentation of colours to Dean Baddeley, Cathedral, 85 Monash, General Sir John , commentary on Gallipoli, 29; role in Western Front battles, 35 Mons , Battle of, survivors and escapees from, 45 Montgomery, General Sir Bernard , Stone of Remembrance, location of, floorplan , 3 ; overview of, 15; affinity with Australian troops, (see also Birdwood) , 66; unveiling of Cathedral remembrance plaque, 75, 75 ; later roles in Second World War, including later life, honours and death/funeral, 77 Morgan, Franklin , sailor, killed in HMAS Voyager disaster, 79; family’s memorial to, in Cathedral, 82; see also Seffrin Crucifix mosaic/s , locations of, floorplan, 3 ; discovery of, reference,14; Shellal Mosaic, 48 ; extracted and entrusted to Cathedral, 50, 51; Na’aran Mosaic , 51 ; see also Shellal, Na’aran mule/s , transport, corpses of, Gallipoli, 22 Na’aran Mosaic , location of, floorplan, 3 ; discovery of in West Bank, Jordan, 51, 51 navy , ratings marching in Cathedral grounds, 13 ; Voyager disaster, reference, 15; importance of Gallipoli campaign for,18; US sailors in Brisbane , 63 ; HMA Ships in company, 80-81 ; see also individual ship names (by prefix) Neptuna, MV , cargo vessel bombed in Darwin harbour, 61 New Guinea Martyrs , window, location of, floorplan , 3 ; window commemorating, 14; commemorative window in Cathedral, 68 New Britain , location reference, on map,70, 71 New Guinea , see Papua and New Guinea New Zealand , military commitment to Gallipoli, 17 North Africa , military campaigns, significance of, 15; Australian forces returned from, 62 nurse/s , Edith Cavell, location of window, floorplan, 3 ; depiction in Cathedral’s New Guinea Martyrs window, 70; acknowledgement of First World War role, first group in Egypt, 37, 37 ; Doris Walsh, friend at Ron Middleton funeral, 58-59; see also Cavell, Edith; Parkinson, Mavis Old Contemptibles, The , window, location of, floorplan, 3 ; window, summary of, 14; stained-glass window , 40 ; origin of term, 41; sketch of, 41 ; marching on Anzac Day, Brisbane, 42-43 Ottoman , forces at Gallipoli, 18; see also Empire, Ottoman Owen, Evely n, Australian machine-gun inventor, 66 padre/s , see chaplains Palaszczuk, Annastacia , Premier of Queensland, message, 5 Palestine , reference, 14; Ottoman control, reference, 17; Anzac operations in, First World War, 36; observations on Australian Light Horse troops, 51 Papua and New Guinea , territories of, reference, 14; Japanese invasion of, activities, and atrocities committed, 69-71; map of key locations, 71 ; campaign overview, 72 Parkinson, Mavis , missionary, death of, 69-71; portrait of , 70 ; see also Cavell, Edith Pearl Harbor , attack on, 62 Port Moresby , Japanese invasion threat to, 69; proximity to Japanese invasion, map location of , 71 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder , effects on war veterans,12, et al Pozieres , casualties at, funeral following , 39 ; Battle of, death of Lieutenant Duncan Chapman in, 87 Premier, Queensland , message from, 5; see also individual historical names

PTSD , see Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder R21 , designation of HMAS Melbourne, 79 RAF , Royal Air Force, 57 Red Cross , in First World War, Edith Cavell role in, 45 Red Ensign , flag, 24 Redlich, Reverend Vivian , missionary, death of, 69

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