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13-September-2021
13-September-2021
Photographs supplied by Maureen Aquila

The plaque commemorates Octavius Hammond who was superintendent at the Poonindie Mission and the first minister of the Parish of St. Thomas in Port Lincoln.

 

 

Location

Address:Lincoln Highway, St Matthew`s Church, Poonindie, 5607
State:SA
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -34.584283
Long: 135.880389
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

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

Dedication

Front Inscription

A. D. M. G.

In memory of Octavius Hammond M. R. C. S.

Born Penhurst, Kent, April 1810.
Died Port Lincoln Oct. 1878

Superintendent of the Poonindie Mission and also first incumbent of the Parish of St. Thomas Port Lincoln

1856 - 1878

"He being dead yet speaketh"

 

Source: MA , SAHN
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