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Anzac Day 1970. Roy Brockfield leads Metropolitan Fire Brigade contingent

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Acquisition number: 
1766
Catalogue number: 
emdf0470
File name: 
DF0470
File location: 
Digital archive

Roy Brockfield is seen leading the Metropolitan Fire Brigade contingent at the Anzac Day parade in 1970.  He was chosen to lead as he was by then the only surviving WWI veteran in the MFB. Brockfield worked at the Eastern Hill Fire Station for 45 years, many of them as foreman of the workshops.  

 

Item type: 
Photograph
Related content: 
Firefighter's funeral 1968
Photographer: 
Douglas Brockfield
Date of publication or creation: 
1970
History of item: 

Roy Brockfield took photos of the funeral procession for firefighter, Bruce Adams, in 1968. See link above

Douglas Brockfield, the photograher, is his son.

Owner of original: 
Douglas Brockfield
Reproduction rights: 
Douglas Brockfield
Permission reference: 
East Melbourne Historical Society
Year acquired: 
2023
Donor: 
Douglas Brockfield
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