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Bernard Evans and May Hayman Memorial Windows

Bernard Evans and May Hayman Memorial Windows
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Bernard Evans and May Hayman Memorial Windows, close-up of dedication plaque
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Stained glass windows located inside St Albans Church in Epping, NSW, were installed in honour of two Sunday school teachers who died during the Second World War. A metal plaque in a timber frame bears the dedication. 

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'Greater love hath no man than this'

These windows were placed in this church by the staff and children of the Sunday schools and their friends in memory of former Sunday school teachers.

Sergeant Bernard Evans laid down his life in the defence of Singapore at Mersing, Malaya during the Second World War on 26th January, 1942. 

Sister May Hayman, a missionary nurse in the service of the Australian Board of Missions in Papua was slain by the Japanese near Gona on 1st September, 1942.

'In the glad morning of my day, my life to give, my vows to pay, with no reserve and no delay, lord of my life I come.'

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Address
St Alban's Anglican Church
3 Pembroke Street
Epping NSW 2121
Local Government Area
Parramatta Council, City of
Setting
Building – inside
Memorial type
Stained glass window
Recorded by
Peter Levarre-Waters
Conflict/s
Second World War, 1939–45
Materials
Glass
Metal
Timber