The opening ceremony was led by Minister, the Rev Gaby Kobrossi, followed by a scripture reading by Cr George Zakhia, with the actual dedication taking the form of a flag raising by Navy Chaplain Rev Andrew Waters and Defence Force Chaplain, Rev Mick Flew.
Bankstown Uniting Church has been a War Memorial church since the end of World War I when it was part of the Presbyterian Church.
When the new church with its distinctive steeple was built to replace the old church in 1945, it no longer contained a memorial to the fallen in the world wars.
But more than 75 years later, that has now been rectified in the new monument and it is hoped another memorial will be erected inside to remember those who served in the wars prior to the Union of the Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational churches in 1977.
Memorial back after 75 years
THE moving strains of the ‘Last Post’ and ‘Rouse’ echoed around the streets of Bankstown, as a new war memorial was dedicated at the Bankstown District Uniting Church last month.
