Waitara Volunteer Fire Brigade

Active Honours

* Denotes gold star obtained

Name	Title/Award	Year
C.C. Limmer ⭐	Life Member	1913 - 1950
W. Lehndorf ⭐	Life Member	1913 - 1944
F.W. Spurdle ⭐	Life Member	1914 - 1948
S.T.S. Crow ⭐	Life Member	1914 - 1948

Name	Title/Award	Year
W.J. Terrill	Chief Fire Officer	1956 - 1967
R.C. Limmer	Chief Fire Officer	1967 - 1976
B.D. Rosewarne	Chief Fire Officer	1995 - 1999
K.W. Abbott	Chief Fire Officer	1999 - 2000
D.G. Crow	Chief Fire Officer	2000 - 2025

Name	Title/Award	Year
E.P.M. Thomas	Deputy Chief Fire Officer	1956 - 1975
G.A. Crow	Deputy Chief Fire Officer	1975 - 1985
R.J. Coster	Deputy Chief Fire Officer	1985 - 1995
P.N. Wills	Deputy Chief Fire Officer	1995 - 1998
W.T. Parker	Deputy Chief Fire Officer	1998 - 2003
R.L. Fitzsimons	Deputy Chief Fire Officer	2003 - 2007
G.D. Cox	Deputy Chief Fire Officer	2008 - 2018
M.T. Smith	Deputy Chief Fire Officer	2018 - 2025

Name	Title/Award	Year
G. Bird	Secretary	1910 - 1912
J.B. Murgatroyd	Secretary	1912 - 1915
G. Goldsmith	Secretary	1915 - 1917
L. Fraser	Secretary	1917 - 1919
J.B. Murgatroyd	Secretary	1919 - 1920
F.L. Patten	Secretary	1920 - 1921
F.W. Spurdle	Secretary	1921 - 1927
L. Andrews	Secretary	1927 - 1930
W.J. Terrill	Secretary	1930 - 1935
V.R. Pennington	Secretary	1935 - 1936
W.J. Terrill	Secretary	1936 - 1948
E.P.M. Thomas	Secretary	1948 - 1967
B.D. Rosewarne	Secretary	1967 - 1979
B.E. Crow	Secretary	1979 - 1982
W.T. Parker	Secretary	1983 - 1984
P. Fox	Secretary	1984 - 1985
S.J. Roberts	Secretary	1985 - 1991
W.D. Dougan	Secretary	1991 - 1993
J.V. Wheatley	Secretary	1993 - 1996
D.J. Mack	Secretary	1996 - 1997
K.W. Abbott	Secretary	1997 - 2000
R. Barry	Secretary	2000 - 2001
D.J. Hicks	Secretary	2001 - 2007
S.L. Luxton	Secretary	2007 - 2018
K. Polkinghorne	Secretary	2018 - 2021
T. Leggett	Secretary	2020 - Current

Name	Title/Award	Year
G.A. Crow	Patron	2017 - 2018
R.J. Coster	Patron	2019 - Current

Waitara Volunteer Fire Police Corps

Name	Title/Award	Year
S.J. Roberts	Station Officer	1984 - 1992
T.J. Partington	Station Officer	1992 - 2018
N. Cash	Station Officer	2019 - Current

Name	Title/Award	Year
H. Taylor	Captain	1964 - 1967
P.K. Marshall	Captain	1968 - 1969
S.J. Roberts	Captain	1970 - 1984

Name	Title/Award	Year
E.C. Topless	Deputy Captain	1970 - 1977
H. Taylor	Deputy Captain	1978 - 1984

Name	Title/Award	Year
C. O'Keefe	Lieutenant	1964 - 1966
P.K. Marshall	Lieutenant	1967 - 1967
S.J. Roberts	Lieutenant	1968 - 1969
H. Taylor	Lieutenant	1970 - 1977
B.R. Dick	Lieutenant	1978 - 1981
J.P. Limmer	Lieutenant	1981 - 1983

Name	Title/Award	Year
B. Pengelly	Secretary	1964 - 1966
S.J. Roberts	Secretary	1967 - 1969
H. Taylor	Secretary	1970 - 1977
J.P. Limmer	Secretary	1978 - 1983
G.A. Lockley	Secretary	1983 - 1984

Historic Honours

Name	Title/Award	Year
T.R. Ford	Captain	1910 - 1912
G. Bird	Captain	1912 - 1914
A. Frost	Captain	1914 - 1915
J.C. Blanchard	Captain	1915 - 1917
C.C. Limmer	Captain	1917 - 1918
A. Frost	Captain	1918 - 1919

Name	Title/Award	Year
G. Bird	Lieutenant	1910 - 1912
A. Frost	Lieutenant	1912 - 1913
J.B. Murgatroyd	Lieutenant	1913 - 1915
C.C. Limmer	Lieutenant	1915 - 1917
L. Fraser	Lieutenant	1917 - 1918
C.C. Limmer	Lieutenant	1918 - 1919

Name	Title/Award	Year
C.C. Limmer	Superintendent	1919 - 1921
A.J. Canton	Superintendent	1921 - 1924
C.C. Limmer	Superintendent	1924 - 1950
W.J. Terrill	Superintendent	1950 - 1956

Name	Title/Award	Year
S.T.S. Crow	Deputy Superintendent	1919 - 1924
L. Andrews	Deputy Superintendent	1924 - 1930
S.T.S. Crow	Deputy Superintendent	1930 - 1948
W.J. Terrill	Deputy Superintendent	1948 - 1950
E.P.M. Thomas	Deputy Superintendent	1950 - 1956

Name	Title/Award	Year
R.C. Limmer	District Commander	1976 - 1979
B.D. Rosewarne	District Commander	1979 - 1995

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