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ADAM, David Stow
Presbyterian Clerk in Holy Orders
Chaplain 4th Class


Born 09 February 1859 at Langside near Glasgow, Scotland
Son of George ADAM and Jane nee CONSTABLE
Husband of Mary Grace ADAM
Of 'Drumalbyn', Ormond College, Parkville, Vic.
Aged 57 years
Enlisted 16 August 1916 for Voyage Only
Embarked 19 August 1916 per 'HMAT Karoola' from Melbourne, Vic.
​Returned to Australia 12 November 1916
Died 31 January 1925 in Canton, China from Typhoid Fever and Pneumonia

The Rev. D. S, Adam, D.D., professor of systematic theology and church history in Ormond College, Melbourne, died in China a few, days ago, from typhoid fever. He had gone there to visit his daughter.

Daily Standard Saturday 14 February 1925 page 7
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David Stow Adam (1859-1925), theologian, was born on 9 February 1859 at Langside near Glasgow, Scotland, son of George Adam and his wife Jane, née Constable, schoolteachers. His parents were founders of Langside Academy, where David was educated. He matriculated at the University of Glasgow in 1874 as an arts student (M.A., 1881; B.D., 1884; D.D., 1912), and completed his course with distinction in philosophy, mathematics and Greek. In 1881-85 he studied theology at the Free Church College, Glasgow, topping his exit class. In summer 1884 he read theology at Erlangen University.

The main framework of Adam's thought came from his philosophical education within the Hegelian-inspired tradition of the University of Glasgow. He taught logic and metaphysics at the university in 1881-84 and Hebrew at the Free Church College in 1885-86 when he was also assistant minister at St John's Free Church, Glasgow. Edward Caird described him as 'one of the most distinguished students of his time'.

Late in 1886 Adam was ordained Free Church minister at Banchory-Ternan, Kincardine, in 1890 he went to Kelso, Roxburgh, and in 1895 he became minister of St Andrew's Free Church, Greenock. As devout parish minister of these most fervent and orthodox Free Kirk congregations, he still managed to combine his Hegelian world-view with a staunchly Scottish Evangelical theology. In 1890 he had married Grace, sister of (Professor) W. P. Paterson; they had five sons and a daughter.

In 1907 Adam was appointed to the chair of systematic theology and church history at Ormond College, Melbourne; his references from Principal T. M. Lindsay of Glasgow, Edward Caird and Paterson had crushed those of local candidates. He arrived with his family on 5 February 1908 and was inducted on 11 March. His predecessor, Murdoch Macdonald, had been appointed in reaction against the Glaswegian liberalism of Charles Strong. Adam's portrayal of Hegel as saviour of the faith was hence courageous if theologically vulnerable. His uncompromising public rejection of the theology of Thomas Chalmers, and his assertion that Christian doctrine must adapt itself to modern philosophical truths and to local conditions, at whatever cost to orthodoxy, raised Presbyterian eyebrows.

Adam was a pioneer of Australian ecumenism: he was president of the embryonic Council of Churches in 1910 and the main author of the earliest 'basis of union' for Methodists, Presbyterians and Congregationalists. His breadth contributed much to the success of the infant Melbourne College of Divinity of which he was first registrar, but annoyed the narrowly denominational Professor J. L. Rentoul. However, it did not prevent Adam writing on the superiority of Presbyterianism's conciliar form of church government. From 1916 he was a chaplain with the Australian Imperial Force.

Adam was a keen golfer and interested in fishing and boats. Cycling was a hobby 'from the days when he possessed a penny-farthing machine'. Late in 1924 he began a tour of Chinese, Japanese and Korean mission stations. He intended to visit his missionary daughter and to see Asian Christianity at first hand and so fit it into his picture of God's self-revelation in world history. While in Canton, China, he contracted typhoid fever and pneumonia, and died on 31 January 1925. His amiable nature, mental vigour, adaptability and unselfish commitment were hard to replace. Adam was survived by his wife, four sons (one of whom, (Sir) Alistair, became a judge of the Supreme Court) and a daughter.

Adam's publications included Cardinal Elements of the Christian Faith (London, 1911), Presbyterianism (Melbourne [1913]), Christianity and War (Melbourne, 1915) and A Handbook of Christian Ethics (Edinburgh, 1925).

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/adam-david-stow-4967



ARMSON, Sydney
Church of England Clergyman
Chaplain 4th Class


Born c 1871 in Salisbury, England
Husband of Margaret ARMSON
Os St. Mary's Rectory, Kempton, Tas.
Aged 45 years
Enlisted 04 April 1916 for Continuous Service
Embarked 08 April 1916 per 'HMAT Aeneas' at Melbourne, Vic.
Pay rate of 19s 0d per Day after Embarkation
Returned to Australia 04 December 1918
Died 04 July 1930
Aged 59 years
​Buried Richmond, Tas.
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OBITUARY
REV. S. ARMSON.


Rev. Sydney Armson, rector of St.  Luke's Church of England, Richmond, died suddenly at Richmond yesterday morning at the age or 59 years, after a short illness. He had served in various parts of Tasmania, and among soldiers in the Great War. His death will be regretted by a large circle of friends,

Born In England, Mr. Armson joined the British Army. and was transferred to India. . While there, he took a great interest In the life of the people, and eventually left the army to take up missionary work. In 1910, while at Gujerat, he was seized with a serious illness, and was forced to leave that country.   Determined to carry on with 'the' work of the Church, he came to Tasmania, and was ordained in Hobart in 1912 by Bishop Mercer, after a short course at St.Wilfrid's College, Cressy.

Prior to leaving for the war in 1916 Mr. Armson filled the rectorship of the parishes of Sheffield, Kempton, and Lilydale. While In France he was chaplain attached to the 12th. and 45th Battalions, and rendered fine service In the camps and among the field troops.  He was of a most agreeable disposition, and was held In the highest esteem by the soldiers for his sympathetic service among them. On returning to Tasmania In 1919 he was appointed rector of Stanley, and after serving a short period as rector of Longford went to Richmond in 1927. He was recognised as being perhaps the best read man among the clergy In Tasmania, and was interested especially In modern philosophy. He made a life-long study of the philosophy of the natives of India and possessed a keen appreciation of their point of view.

Mr. Armson leaves a widow, who was Miss Vallantyne, but no children. The funeral will take place at Richmond tomorrow at 3 p.m. 

The Mercury Saturday 05 July 1930 page 8


ARNOLD, Edgar
Methodist Clergyman
Chaplain 4th Class


Born 30 August 1885 in Kent, England
Son of Samuel ARNOLD
Husband of Martha Amy Myrtle ARNOLD nee TUCK
Of Aroha Terrace, Forrestville, SA
Aged 31 years
Enlisted 07 December 1916 for Voyage Only
Embarked 16 December 1916 per 'HMAT Berrima' from Adelaide, SA
Returned to Australia 17 March 1917
Died 21 June 1945 at Memorial Hospital, North Adelaide, SA
Aged 59 years
Resided Goodwood Park, SA
Buried Mitcham General Cemetery
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Death of Rev. E. Arnold
The Rev Edgar Arnold secretary of the Methodist Conference, died in the Memorial Hospital early today.  Mr. Arnold. who was 59 has left a widow. His funeral will leave the Unley Methodist Church. King William road. Hyde Park. after a service at' 11 a.m. tomorrow, for the Mitcham Cemetery.  He was taken suddenly ill yesterday and went into hospital last night.  The late Mr. Arnold came from England in 1907. and joined the Methodist Ministry soon after his arrival in Australia.  He had been district chairman both at Broken Hill and Yorke Peninisula.  This was his second year as secretary of the Methodist Conference. He left Maylands Methodist Church to become superintendent of the Unley-Goodwood circuit in April. The president of the Methodist Conference (the Rev. C. B.Holmes)  said today: "Mr. Arnold was as a great friend to everybody and will be mourned by a very wide circle of people. His death is a great loss to the church."

News Thursday 21 June 1945 page 4


ASH, Fortescue Leo
Church of England Clerk in Holy Orders
Chaplain 4th Class


Born 26 August 1882 at Singleton, NSW
Brother of G W ASH
Of 99A Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW
Resided Mackay Qld.
Aged 35 years
Educated at Singleton Grammar School and University of Sydney, NSW
Enlisted 17 March 1918
Embarked 22 March 1918 per 'Runic' from Sydney, NSW
Returned to Australia 07 July 1919
His first post was as a curate at St Anne's Strathfield, New South Wales after which he was rector of Ravenswood, Queensland before wartime service as a chaplain with the Australian Imperial Force (AIF).
He was then appointed rector of Mackay, Queensland where he remained until his ordination to the episcopate.

Died 22 April 1956 in Strathfield, Sydney, NSW

​Portrait at UK National Gallery
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BISHOP OF ROCKHAMPTON.

The Rev. Fortescue Ash, who, on Saturday, accepted the bishopric of Rockhampton, graduated at Sydney University from St. Paul's
College, and subsequently took a Divinity course at St John's College, Armidale.

The Rev. Fortescue Ash, who Is a brother of Dr. Percy A. Ash, of Turramurra, and of Mr. G. W. Ash, solicitor, of Sydney, was ordained at St. Andrew'a Cathedral as deacon In 1909, and as priest in 1910. During this time he acted as curate to the Rev. H. J.Rose, of Strathfield. He went to England early In 1911, and was engaged In slum work for nearly four years.

Returning to Australia at the invitation of the Bishop of North Queensland (Dr.Feetham), he was appointed first as rector of Ravenswood, and subsequently as rector of Bowen. He left Bowen to go to the war as chaplain. On his return from the war, he went to Mackay, and while there was appointed a canon of St. John's Cathedral, Townsville. He accepted the Incumbency of Warwick early this year.

In 1919, the Rev. Fortesque Ash married a daughter of the late Mr. James Page, of Etonvllle Station, Queensland, and of Mrs.Page, who at present resides at Greenwich, and has three children.

The Sydney Morning Herald Monday 05 September 1927 page 12

Bishop of Rockhampton Married In Chapel at Bishopsbourne
Ash — Watts Ceremony


In the picturesque chapel at Bishopsbourne at 8 o'clock this morning, Archbishop Wand officiated at the marriage of the Bishop of Rockhampton, the Right Rev. Fortescue Leo Ash, to Mrs.Christian Jean De Gifford Wade Watts, of Jarvisfield, Winton.  Mr. Maurice Barton, Moolboolaman Station, Gin Gin, gave the bride away, and she wore an ensemble of dragon fly blue chusa crepe. The bodice of the frock was soutached in a leaf design finished with tiny French beading and the pleated skirt repeated similar trimmimg. On the shoulder line of the full length coat a posy of orchids was added. Her accessories were of navy, blue. The bride is the youngest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Nugent Wade Broun, of Haddington, Sandgate, and formerly of Ban Ban, Gayndah, and the bridegroom is the youngest son of the late  Mr. and Mrs. William Ash, of Sydney. There were no attendants.  Vases filled with chrysanthemums in shades of golden yellow, white and plum were arranged on the altar, and large bowls of similar blooms were placed on either side of the aisle. Chrysanthemums were also placed on the window ledges.  Rev. V. H. Whitchouse presided at the organ.  Following the ceremony, guests were entertained, at a morning- tea party at Rowe s.  Miss Leila Wade Broun (sister of the bride), who was hostess, chose an airway blue and white printed frock with a matching short coat and a navy sailor hat .  Bishop and Mrs. Ash leave by plane this afternoon for Sydney, where the honeymoon will be spent at Bishopsbourne this morning.

The Telegraph Wednesday 23 April 1941 page 11
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DEATH OF BISHOP ASH
SYDNEY, April 22-The Rt. Rev Fortescue Leo Ash former Bishop of Rockhampton and Commissioner of the Church of England's Australian Board of Missions Centenary War Memorial Appeal, died suddenly at his Strathfield Sydney home today, aged 73.

At the time of his death he was acting Rector of St Anne's Church, Strathfield, the church to which he was appointed In his first curacy as a young man. He was at one time Rector of Warwick (Queensland) and was appointed Bishop of Rockhampton in 1938.

In 1946, after he had resigned as Bishop of Rockhampton he was appointed Commissioner of the Centenary War Memorial Appeal with the task  of raising £100,000 and enlisting 50 new missionaries for church work in New Guinea.

In the six yeas he acted as commissioner, he travelled extensively throughout Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea and suceedded in raising considerably more than the target of £100,000 and many more missionaries  than the 50 sought.

The Central Queensland Herald Thursday 26 April 1956 page 17

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ASHLEY-BROWN, William
Church of England Minister in Holy Orders
Chaplain 4th Class


Born 22 February 1887
Educated St. John's College, Armidale and at The Australian college of Theology
Ordained in 1911
Husband of Ellen Martha ASHLEY-BROWN
Of 'Kensington' Anne Street, Brisbane, Qld.
Aged 28 years
Resided The Vicarage, Coffs Harbourt, NSW
Enlisted 01 September 1915 for voyage only
Embarked 06 September 1915 per 'HMAT Ballarat' at Sydney, NSW
Pay rate of 19s 0d per day after embarkation
Returned to Australia
Curate at Christ Church Cathedral, Grafton followed by a period as Vicar of Walgett. He was then Archdeacon of Bombay after which he was Dean of Gibraltar. Returning to Australia in 1945 he became Rural Dean of West Charing
Died 01 January 1970
Aged 90 years
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Rev. W. Ashley Brown, who has been a Chaplain with the A.I.F., for the past two years having seen service at Gallipoli, in Egypt, England, France, and Belgium, has 'received' a permanent appointment as Chaplain to the Indian Imperial Forces. Before retiring from the A.I.F. he was promoted to the rank of Chaplain-Major.

Illawarra Mercury Friday 30 November 1917 page 5

REV. W. ASHLEY-BROWN, FORMERLY OF CORAKI.

Some 20 years or more ago, when Coralri. as part of the then extensive Woodburn parish, a young man was stationed here to assist the Rev. H. J. Velvin. That young man to-day is Chaplain of Foona (India), has been so for some years, in fact, but very few of his old friends realise the importance of the post he occupies. By special request of the'Church Standard,' the former Curate at' Coraki tells the story of Poona and his work there in the current issue of that paper. Incidentally, Rev. Ashley Brown was the son of a former head teacher at Harwood P.S., and married a young lady who was nurse at the Campbell Hospital.

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser Tuesday 07 November 1933 page 4

Last Sunday, Rev. W. Ashley Brown, late Archdeacon of Bombay, was the preacher at both services in Christ Church Cathedral, Grafton. As a curate 40 years ago, Archdeacon Brown was on the staff of St. Andrew's at Lismore, when his father was headmaster of Rous public school.

Northern Star Tuesday 26 August 1952 page 4

AUSTIN, Alfred Herbert
Congregational Minister
Chaplain 4th Class


Born 27 September 1870 at Macclesfield, SA
Husband of Charlotte Elizabeth AUSTIN
Of Lashbrooke, Mosman, NSW
Aged 46 years
Enlisted 16 September 1916 for Voyage Only
Embarked 30 September 1916 per 'HMAT Aeneas' from Sydney, NSW
Returned to Australia 17 March 1917
Died 30 December 1930
Buried Field of Mars Cemetery Congregational, Independent, 51
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THE REV. A. H. AUSTIN.
DEATH ANNOUNCED.


The death occurred at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday of the Rev. A. H. Austin, formerly Congregational minister at Hunter's Hill, and clerical secretary of the Congregational Union.

Mr. Austin, who was born In South Australia, graduated with honours at the University of Sydney, where he took the English prlze for verse three years In succession. He was ordained In December. 1902, and settled at Gawler. South Australia but three years later returned to New South Wales to take up the pastorate of the Mosman Congregational Church. It was while he was there In 1910-11 that he was elected chairman of the Congregational Union of New South Wales.  Later, Mr. Austin accepted the pastorate at Ipswich (Queensland) Congregational Church, and during his stay there became chairman of the Queensland Union. Mr. Austin visited England, and returned four years ago to become pastor of the church at Hunter's Hill. During the war Mr. Austin left New South Wales as a senior chaplain.

Mrs. Austin survives her husband. Miss Mabel Austin (senior mistress at Abbotsleigh, Sydney) Is a sister of Mr. Austin. 
A service will be held at the Pitt-street Congregational Church at 2 o'clock this afternoon, after which the funeral will leave for the Field of
Mars cemetery.

The Sydney Morning Herald Wednesday 31 December 1930 page 10
Charlotte Elizabeth (Lottie) Austin (1878-1933), community leader, was born on 4 June 1878 at Dubbo, New South Wales, fourth surviving child of Sydney-born parents George Fullerton, commissioner of crown lands, and his wife Georgiana Sarah, née Clarke. Educated at Rivière College, Woollahra, Lottie graduated with first-class honours in history and second-class in English from the University of Sydney (B.A., 1902; M.A., 1905). Her supervisor was G. A. Wood and like many of her fellow history honours students she made her mark in Australia.
At university, partly through their membership of the Australasian Student Christian Union, Lottie met Alfred Herbert Austin, a former South Australian National Bank employee who came to Sydney to study for the Congregational ministry. He was ordained in December 1902 and next year graduated with honours in philosophy. The two were married on 21 March 1903 in the Presbyterian Church, Randwick, and departed for South Australia where Alfred was Congregational minister at Gawler. They were to remain childless.
In 1905 the couple returned to Sydney where Alfred became pastor of Mosman Congregational Church. In 1916-17 he ministered as senior chaplain in troopships and was then called to the church at Ipswich, Queensland. He and Lottie went overseas in 1924 and from 1926 until Alfred's death on 30 December 1930 served at Hunters Hill, Sydney.

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/austin-charlotte-elizabeth-lottie-12776


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