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            West Window, Hall of Memory, Australian War Memorial. Artist: Napier Waller.

There are stained-glass windows on three sides of the Hall of Memory, each window divided into five panels. Each of the fifteen panels features a figure in the uniform and equipment of the First World War, and typifies one of the quintessential qualities displayed by Australians in war.

It was Waller who suggested that each window be divided into five tall panels. His aim was “to produce through repetition, and a broad monotone of blue and grey, a serenity of effect with a dim cathedral light. At the bottom of each window are fragmentary remains from destruction and war.”

The figures of the five west stained glass windows represent social qualities.

These are:

Panel 1: Comradeship: the window depicts a Lewis gunner. The panpipes clustered and bound together in unity are a symbol of fellowship and good cheer.

Panel 2: Ancestry: the window depicts a naval gunner. The symbols are associated with European traditions: a wreath and open book represent reverence for knowledge, cricket stumps and ball stand for recreation, and the church spire for religion. The flag signals “engage the enemy at close quarters”.

Panel 3: Patriotism: the window depicts an infantryman, with the stars of the Southern Cross superimposed. Loyalty to the Commonwealth is represented by symbols of the British monarchy in the window above, which features a lion, orb and crown.

Panel 4: Chivalry: the window depicts an airman and medieval symbols - the rose of chivalry, visored helmet, spears, tilting spurs, and a lance bearing St George’s Cross. They link the chivalric code of medieval knights to the code of Australian servicemen and women.

Panel 5: Loyalty: the window depicts an artilleryman holding a gunnery director that helps to aim guns. Above him is the badge of the Australian Imperial Force, and a column with flames representing loyalty to a cause or ideal.

From the Australian War Memorial Website.

Taken on: December 2, 2016

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