St George's Transept - WW1 - Hurstville, NSW, Australia - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

The Foundation Stone of the Transept of St George's Anglican Church at Hurstville is also in Memory of World War One. It is on the southern side of the building, and beside a concrete footpath, that runs diagonally from the entrance at the intersection of The Avenue and Forest Road. The Foundation Stone reads:

	      Pro Deo et Patria
	    This Stone was Set by
    Sir Philip Game, G.B.E. K.C.B. D.S.O.
	      Governor of N.S.W.
		July 9th 1932.
To the Glory of God this Transept is Erected.
 And in Grateful Memory of Those Noble Souls
       who went forth from this Parish
	to The Great War, 1914-1918.
		   Rev. Dixon Hudson, Rector

Sir Philip Woolcott Game (1876-1961), born in Surrey, England, served as a Major in World War One in France, earning several awards. He was appointed Governor of New South Wales in 1930, a year after retiring as Air Vice Marshall in England. In 1935 (after dismissing Premier Lang) he became Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police, so returned to England. Sir Game

Address: Corner of, 2 The Avenue (and Forest Road), Hurstville, NSW, 2220, Australia

Visited: 1635, Sunday, 21 January, 2018 [There is also a Non-Specific Veteran Memorial on the brick pillar of the entrance gate post, at the intersection of The Avenue and Forest Road.]

Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 07/09/1932 Private or Public Monument?: Private Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: St George's Church of England, Hurstville Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Australia/New Zealand Physical Address of Monument: 2 The Avenue, St George's Anglican Church, Hurstville, NSW Australia 2220 Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes Website for this Monument: Not listed

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