Walter Charles Kernot Print Page 
The mural painted by Christian Waller, wife of Napier Waller, commemorates Walter Kernot who died in 1941.
Walter was one of a large Geelong family which supplied that city and Melbourne with a number of chemists and engineers. Charles Kernot was his uncle; William Charles, Wilfred Noyce and Maurice Edwin Kernot were his cousins. He himself was a chemist who was to become a councillor of both the Pharmaceutical Council of Victoria and the Pharmacy College, Melbourne.
Like his wife, Edith Latham Kernot he was active in local affairs, as a foundation councillor (1905-31) of Geelong Church of England Girls' Grammar School (the Hermitage), honorary treasurer to the city council, vice-president of the Geelong and District Hospital, vestryman at Christ Church, and worshipful master (1898) of the Geelong Masonic Lodge of Unity and Prudence.
Location
| Address: | Moorabool & McKillop Streets, Christ Church Anglican , Geelong, 3220 |
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| State: | VIC |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -38.153136 Long: 144.358391 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Art |
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| Monument Theme: | People |
| Sub-Theme: | Religion |
| Artist: | Christian Waller |
Dedication
| Approx. Monument Dedication Date: | 1942 |
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In remembrance of Walter Charles Kernot
Died March 25th 1941
A good churchman & citizen
His memory abideth in the hearts of those he loved.
