At the 10th hour on the 10th day of the 10th month - a minutes silence is given to the Firefighters lost in the Line of Duty and to be remembered in the Annual Commemorative Service across the State.
As always I attended St Brigid's to not only photograph the day but to show my respect. As like last year, I am proud to say that because of an "accidental" road trip many years ago, I got to bring home 2 names that had previously been overlooked in the Honour Roll.
2/11/1960 - Childers Rural Fire Brigade - FF DC (Mick) Calder
Today, as I have in the past, when the bell rings summoning the families of firefighters to reflect and pay respects to their missing colleagues, I will shed a tear knowing that I both both these names home to be honoured.
May all the Firefighters who
have departed before us and their families always be remembered in our thoughts
and in our prayers, for they are the ones who have paid the ultimate sacrifice to the
community in an effort to protect the lives and property of others.
MAY THEY ALL REST IN ETERNAL PEACE
The bell tolled 49 times for the below names -
25-03-1877 - Brisbane City Volunteer
Firefighter James Thomas MOONEY
25-12-1934 - Toowoomba Fire Brigade
Deputy Superintendent Joseph THOMSON
18-06-1941 - Brisbane Metropolitan Fire
Firefighter Stewart ANGUS
13-01-1942 - Brisbane Metropolitan Fire Brigade
3rd Officer Alfred LAMBERT
13-01-1942 - Brisbane Metropolitan Fire Brigade
Firefighter Henry SCHIRMER
13-01-1942 - Brisbane Metropolitan Fire Brigade
Firefighter George UREN
06-03-1943 - Gympie Fire Brigade
Firefighter Kevin BENNETTS
06-01-1944 - Brisbane Metropolitan Fire Brigade
Firefighter Leonard ANGUS
13-05-1950 - Brisbane Metropolitan Fire Brigade
Firefighter Kenneth TOWERTON
1951 - Bimerah Rural Fire Brigade
Firefighter Norman CLARK
1953 - Dixalea Rural Fire Brigade
Firefighter T J McINTYRE
14-11-1954 - Sesbania Rural Fire Brigade
Firefighter Hugh R L HALLORAN
14-11-1954 - Sesbania Rural Fire Brigade
Firefighter Reginald J R HALLORAN
14-11-1954 - Sesbania Rural Fire Brigade
Firefighter Robert R BATTELEY
01-12-1955 - East Darr Rural Fire Brigade
Firefighter G McDERMOTT
01-12-1955 - East Darr Rural Fire Brigade
Firefighter J McMILLAN
26-11-1958 - Brisbane Metropolitan Fire Brigade
Station Officer Stan STEEL
17-05-1959 - Brisbane Metropolitan Fire Brigade
Sub-Station Officer Herbert George LEES
17-05-1959 - Brisbane Metropolitan Fire Brigade
Station Officer Sidney William BROWN
02-11-1960 - Childers Rural Fire Brigade
Firefighter D C (Mick) CALDER
29-10- 1961 - Gayndah Fire Brigade
Chief Officer Bernie NEBE
03-09-1963 - Ipswich Fire Brigade
Firefighter Robert J HUNTER
31-12-1964 - Townsville Fire Brigade
Sub-Station Officer John SHIMMIN
25-06-1969 - Brisbane Metropolitan Fire Brigade
Firefighter Gordon RIDGWAY
11-10-1969 - Brisbane Metropolitan Fire Brigade
1ST Officer Alwyn HOWIE
05-03-1971 - Brisbane Metropolitan Fire Brigade
Firefighter Alan EMERSON
10-11-1971 - Ipswich Fire Brigade
Firefighter John Patrick MAGUIRE
05-08-1972 - Brisbane Metropolitan Fire Brigade
Station Officer Ron RAMSEY
23-06-1973 - Brisbane Metropolitan Fire Brigade
Firefighter Harvey HARRIS
16-04-1976 - Brisbane Metropolitan Fire Brigade
Sub-Station Officer Angus McLEOD
05-10-1978 - Brisbane Metropolitan Fire Brigade
Firefighter George HAMMOND
27-07-1981 - Brisbane Metropolitan Fire Brigade
Firefighter Nat RIDGWAY
01-09-1982 - Walkerston Rural Fire Brigade
Firefighter Joe BRANDT
07-07-1985 - Clifton Rural Fire Brigade
District Officer Bill HANES
09-08-1987 - Farleigh Rural Fire Brigade
Fire Warden Ronald DEGUARA
17-09-1989 - Brisbane Metropolitan Fire Brigade
Firefighter Christopher J WARBURTON
28-08-1990 - Minerva Rural Fire Brigade
Fire Warden Colden A S WILLIS
10-09-1991 - Palmwoods Rural Fire Brigade
Firefighter Kenneth J N WRIGLEY
02-08-1992 - Heronvale Rural Fire Brigade
Firefighter Vaughan C BAXTER
11-02-1994 - Southport South East Region
Sub-Station Officer Herbert James FENNELL
11-02-1994 - Southport South East Region
Firefighter Noel Douglas WATSON
19-11-1997 - Mt Morgan Central Region
Temporary Firefighter Lyle CURTIS
15-05-1998 - Gladstone Central Region
Firefighter Darryl HARRIS
24-08-2001 - Brisbane South Region
Firefighter Jeffrey Bruce PENFOLD
25-08-2001 - Pinelands Rural Fire Brigade
Firefighter Garnet SMOOTHY
29-09-2004 - Black River Rural Fire Brigade
Firefighter Miles FARROW
30-10-2004 - Bundaberg Central Region
Station Officer Paul John AUSTIN
06-06-2007 - Roma Street Brisbane Region
Station Officer Michael GUNDRY
05-09-2010 - Taromeo Rural Fire Brigade
Officer Kortney Vern WATTS
The bell used in this service is the same bell that was used in the bell tower of the Ithaca Fire Station on Enoggera Terrace.
The bell was used to summon firefighters to the station to respond to fires in this area.
Today the bell is used to summon the spirit and the memory of fallen firefighters, their families, their friends and their colleagues to pay respect for their service.
The wreaths laid today will be laid at the Firefighters Memorial by operational crews.
The Memorial is named the James Thomas Mooney Memorial in honour of the first recorded Queensland firefighter to lose his life in the line of duty.
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