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2009 Australia Day Honours List |
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Congratulations to our volunteers who have received special recognition in this year's Australia Day medals and awards. | ||||||||
Wayne Thorley - Australia Fire Service Medal |
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Robert Buttery, deceased - Australian Fire Service Medal |
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Mr Buttery was born in the United Kingdom and for some years was a volunteer with the British Fire Service in Essex before emigrating to Australia in the early 1970s. He joined the Tea Tree Gully Emergency Fire Service; serving at various times with distinction as a Senior Firefighter, Fire Control Officer, Lieutenant and Brigade Captain. He also served as the Brigade Training Officer, Brigade Administrative Officer and Brigade Representative to the Mount Lofty Volunteer Fire Fighters Association. Robert was very interested in training and established the first cadets in Tea Tree Gully. He became an instructor and spent many weekends training throughout the region, forming the first competition team in Tea Tree Gully and captaining the Tea Tree Gully team to become the best brigade in the South Australian County Fire Service. He was the first Region 2 representative on the State Training Committee, and was a member of the Committee that organised the State Competitions and was also a Judge. In the early 1990s Robert became a Deputy Group Officer within the Para Group, and served as Group Equipment Officer, Region Fire Investigator, and Chairman of the Finance Committee. Sadly Robert passed away on 18 February 2008 and his award was received posthumously by his wife Patricia. |
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