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Canon Samuel WatkinPrint Page 
17-June-2018
Photographs supplied by John Huth
The marble chapel altar (blessed sacrament) commemorates Canon Samuel Watkin who was Rector for thirty-two years from 1920 to 1953.
He was ordained at Lichfield Cathedral (England), came to Queensland in 1915 as organising secretary of the Church of England Young Men's Society. He was later Rector of Holy Trinity, Woolloongabba, before transferring to The Valley.
Location
| Address: | 141 Brookes Street, Holy Trinity Church, Fortitude Valley, 4006 |
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| State: | QLD |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -27.453613 Long: 153.037878 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Religious Object |
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| Monument Theme: | People |
| Sub-Theme: | Religion |
| Approx. Event Start Date: | 1920 |
| Approx. Event End Date: | 1953 |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Sunday 14th August, 1955 |
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Front Inscription
Source: MAA. M. D. G.
Dedicated to the memory of Canon Samuel Watkin Rector of this Parish 1920 - 1953 by the Lord Archbishop of Brisbane the Most Rev. R. C. Halse D. D.
14th, August 1955.
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au
