BATES, John Haddon, Rev (1888-1969)
Assembly memorial minute 1970
Born N.S.W. 3rd February 1888. Died 9th December 1969.
Ordained Ballina N.S.W. 1912.
Other Charges:
Chaplain A.I.F. France and Palestine 1915-1918.
Gulargambone N.S.W. 1918-1921
Tocumwal-Finley N.S.W. 1921-1926 Northcote 1926-1930 Balmoral/Harrow/Cavendish 24/9/30-31/8/65
Clerk, Presbytery of Hamilton 1940-1961.
Moderator, Presbyterian Church of Victoria 1956/57.
The Rev. John Haddon Bates died on 9th December 1969.
Ordained at Vallina, New South Wales in 1912 celebrated the jubilee of his ordination in 1962. He served as a chaplain with theA.I.F. in both France and Palestine during the first World war and returned to become minister of Gulargambone, New South Wales and then Tocumwal-Finley.
He came to Northcote in 1926 and in 1930 was inducted to Balmoral/Harrow/Cavendish where he remained minister for 35 years.
He was Clerk of the Presbytery of Hamilton from 1940-1961 and Moderator of the Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria in 1956.
The Assembly gives thanks to God for the life, witness and ministry of the Rev. John Haddon Bates. It remembers particularly his devoted parish ministry in which he was a pastor beloved, and his wise guidance given over many years to the Courts of the Church especially to the Presbytery of Hamilton.
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