Collection item
Firefighter's funeral 1968
East Melbourne
- Victoria Parade
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- Acquisition number
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1765
- Catalogue number
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emdf0469
- File name
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DF0469
- File location
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Digital archive
On the 2 March 1968 a grass fire broke out in Alphington, near Melbourne. Two fireman, Sub-Station Officer Gordon Bruce Adams, and Senior Fireman Eric Jamieson, suffered severe burns. Both later died in hospital. Jamieson on 3 March and Adams on 23 March.
The funeral for Adams was held on 27 March with full fire brigade honors. The photos show the procession leaving the Eastern Hill Fire Station and moving down Victoria Parade.
Both firemen are remembered with name plaques at the Victorian Emergency Services Memorial in the Treasury Gardens, East Melbourne.
- Item type
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Photograph
- Building name
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Eastern Hill Fire Station
- Subject address
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Victoria Parade, East Melbourne
- Related content
External reference
- Photographer
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Roy Brockfield
- Date of publication or creation
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1968
History of item
The photos were taken by Roy Brockfield, foreman of the workshops at Eastern Hill. He worked there for 45 years. These scans were taken from colour slides, still in the possession of the family.
- Owner of original
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Douglas Brockfield
- Copyright owner
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Estate of Roy Brockfield
- Reproduction rights
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Douglas Brockfield
- Permission reference
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East Melbourne Historical Society
- Year acquired
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2023
- Donor
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Douglas Brockfield
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