Brisbane Region - Annual Firefighter Commemorative Service - 10th October 2014

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.

6/03/1943 - Gympie Fire Brigade - FF Kevin Bennetts
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.

 HONOUR ROLL 2014

MAY THEY ALL REST IN ETERNAL PEACE

The bell tolled 50 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

27-02-2012 - South Nanago Rural Fire Brigade
Officer Brendon Dwight GOLDSMITH

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.