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Reverend Grant Inscription
Reverend Grant Inscription

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The Memorial was erected on the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the Flynn Memorial Church in Alice Springs, in memory of Reverend Grant and his wife Erla whose ashes were interred at this spot.

Reverend Grant was a Patrol Padre of the Australian Inland Mission and the first Presbyterian MInister of the John Flynn Memorial Church. 

Location

Address:Stuart Highway, Old Timers Home & Museum, Alice Springs, 0870
State:NT
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -23.742164
Long: 133.868861
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:People
Sub-Theme:Religion

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Saturday 6th May, 2006
Front Inscription

               The Ashes of
REV.ARCHIBALD WESLEY GRANT B.E.M.
                 1911 - 2005
Patrol Padre of the Australian Inland Mission
 1939-1942, 1946 -1949, 1956 - 1959
      and first Presbyterian Minister
                        of the 
          John Flynn Memorial Church
              and his loving wife
                       ERLA
                 1914 - 2002
 were laid to rest in this place 6th May, 2006
the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the church
" I have fought the good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith"
                                                             11 Timothy 4:7

 

 

 

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