Padre Arthur White Print Page 
The stained glass window commemorates Padre Arthur White, who was the founder of the "Dawn Service". The window shows him standing on Mount Clarence watching the first fleet sail for Egypt in 1914.
The first ANZAC Dawn Service was held at Albany in Western Australia which was the assembly point in October 1914 for a troop convoy which carried 30,000 Australian and New Zealand troops to World War One. The first dawn service was the idea of Padre Arthur White. He was army chaplain to the 44th Infantry Battalion in the trenches of France.
After the war, soon after being appointed Rector of Albany in 1929, Father White announced his intention to say a Requiem for the War Dead at six o’clock on the morning of ANZAC Day, 1930. After the Requiem, he and the choir and congregation moved in procession to the nearby Albany War Memorial for a simple wreath-laying ceremony.
Location
| Address: | York & Duke Streets, St John`s Anglican Church, Albany, 6330 |
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| State: | WA |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -35.025481 Long: 117.883192 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Window |
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| Monument Theme: | People |
| Sub-Theme: | Military |
Dedication
The first ANZAC Dawn Service 25th April 1930
