Waterfall Bushfire Volunteers MemorialPrint Page
The Memorial, consisting of five crosses, commemorates members of the Sutherland Shire Volunteer Bushire Organisation who were tragically killed on the 3rd November 1980.
In 1980 five members of the Sutherland Shire Volunteer Bushfire Organisation, Station 10, Headquarters Brigade, were killed when their truck was caught in a burn over the Uloola track near Waterfall. They were Steve Crunkhorn, 26; Gregory Rolf, 24; Vernon Stedman, 21; David Marshall, 19; and William Cummings, 21.
Location
Address: | Uloola Falls Fire Trail, off McKell Avenue , Waterfall, 2233 |
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State: | NSW |
Area: | AUS |
GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -34.137917 Long: 151.004556 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
Monument Type: | Monument |
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Monument Theme: | Disaster |
Sub-Theme: | Fire |
Dedication
Approx. Monument Dedication Date: | 1980 |
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(Below crosses)
3-11-1980
(Concrete Slab)
IN MEMORY OF
BUSH
FIRE VOLUNTEERS
(plaque 1)
WITH RESPECT
FROM
KARANGI
RURAL FIRE BRIGADE
MID NORTH COAST ZONE
(plaque 2)
HONOURED AND
REMEMBERED
BONVILLE RURAL
FIRE BRIGADE
MID NORTH COAST
ZONE