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Ambulance Memorial
Ambulance Memorial

Photographs supplied by Diane Watson
Memorial to ambulance workers who were killed in the line of duty. It includes a dedication to Edgar Von Alpen, the First Superintendent of the Ingham Ambulance who was killed doing rescue work in the floods of 1927.

Location

Address:18-22 Victoria Mill Road, Ingham, 4850
State:QLD
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -18.650556
Long: 146.173333
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:Disaster
Sub-Theme:Industrial

Dedication

Front Inscription

Plaque 1 
    To The Memory Of 
EDGAR STANLEY GEORGE 
        VON ALPEN 
First Superintendent Q.A.T.B. Ingham
Drowned On Rescue Work 
During Flood  - February 1927


Plaque 2 
  To The Memory Of 
VIVIAN FRANCIS JOHN 
     ANDERSON 
     Driver Bearer
From February 1926 - November 1939
   Accidentally Killed 
    "Ready Always" 


Plaque 3 
To The Memory Of 
ERNEST GEORGE 
     NEWMAN 
Honorary Ambulance Officer 
Accidentally Killed 
        1981 
"Ready Always" 



 

Source: MA
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au