By: Vanessa2nd Jun 2021 11:51AMMy mum Helen Williams along with many other loved ones are remembered in the St Pauls Rose garden. Pay a visit some time and see if you recognise any of the people on the plaques. I love that my mums ashes are here and its not as somber as visiting at the cemetery when I feel the need.

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Memorial to Mavis Parkinson in front of St Paul's Anglican Church, Ipswich, 2009

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TitleMemorial to Mavis Parkinson in front of St Paul's Anglican Church, Ipswich, 2009Date Created15 April 2009PhotographerLyle Radford AcknowledgementLyle Radford (1952- )

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DescriptionChurch on corner of Brisbane and Nicholas Streets. The church building commenced construction in 1855 on Brisbane Street. The Reverend John Moseley was the rector at that time. The building was completed in 1859. Mavis Parkinson was born in Ipswich in 1915. Mavis attended the Ipswich Girls’ Grammar School. She was a dedicated worshipper and Sunday School Teacher at St Paul's Anglican Church and from an early age wanted to be a missionary. She completed her Teacher Training in Brisbane and in 1940 was appointed to teach at the Anglican Mission School at Gona in New Guinea. In 1942, the Japanese invaded New Guinea. Mavis and fellow missionaries, May Hayman and Father James Benson, fled into the jungle. The end of their story is detailed in the Webb Report, an inquiry carried out after the war. The missionaries joined a group of soldiers heading towards Port Moresby but the party was fired on and in the confusion the two women became separated from the group. They were captured by the Japanese and were taken to an abandoned coffee house near Popondetta - bayonetted and their bodies thrown into a shallow grave. They are now buried at Old Sangara Mission. The Church was originally St Paul's Church of England and became St Paul's Anglican Church in 1981.References (offline)Queensland Government: Department of Communities, Office for Women ‘Our women, our State’ 2010, retrieved 5 January 2011, from http://www.women.qld.gov.au/q150/1910/index.html#item-mavis-parkinson See more information at Australian War Memorial website

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BusinessesF. Williams & Co. Churches & CemeteriesSt Paul's Anglican Church & RectoryCommunity GroupsSt Paul'sAnglican ChurchEventsWorld War II (1939-1945)People & FamiliesMavis Doreen Parkinson (1915-1942)Parkinson familyCurated CollectionsLyle Radford Where in Ipswich?Monuments & Memorials

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SubjectsMissionariesWW2World War IIMonuments & memorialsReligionReligious structures & establishmentsBrick buildings

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Reference IDqips-2010-04-02-0011p.jpgAsset TypeImage - JpegImages, Maps and Artefacts (Trove mapping field)imageGenreArchitectureCopyright NoticeReproduction rights remain with Lyle Radford. Lyle Radford has granted Picture Ipswich a non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use and reproduce this work on this website. Under the Fair Dealing exception of the Copyright Act 1968, you can use this work for research or study, criticism or review, and parody or satire. For all other purposes (including publishing or posting on social media), please contact Lyle Radford for permission.

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Memorial to Mavis Parkinson in front of St Paul's Anglican Church, Ipswich, 2009