St. John Firefighters Association Memorial - St. John, NB, Canada
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The local firefighters union and the City of St. John have erected a firefighter memorial containing the names of 10 men who answered their last alarm while on duty. It is located in King's Park St. John, New Brunswick.
Waymark Code: WMP3HJ
Location: New Brunswick, Canada
Date Posted: 06/24/2015
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A three-tiered 15' high stone block base is topped with the city fire alarm bell from 1872 and a granite plaque which contains the laser etched image of the great fire that ravaged St. John in 1877 honors the ten fallen firefighters from the St. John Fire Department.
The plaque is inscribed:
They answered
their last
alarm
ERECTED BY THE SAINT JOHN FIREFIGHTERS ASSOC.
LOCAL UNION 771 I.A.F.F. AND THE CITY OF SAINT
JOHN TO COMMEMORATE THE BICENTENNIAL OF THE
SAINT JOHN FIRE DEPARTMENT 1786 - 1986
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE FIREFIGHTERS
WHO ANSWERED THEIR LAST ALARM WHILE SERVING
IN LINE OF DUTY. MAY THEIR SACRIFICE BE
PERPETUATED IN EVERLASTING MEMORY BY THOSE
FOR WHOM THEY SERVE.
ROBERT GREER MAY 24, 1874
GEORGE PARKS NOV. 4, 1924
ROBERT DOUGLAS FEB. 18, 1941
GEORGE MCGOWAN FEB. 23, 1941
CAPT. L.J. HAYWARD OCT. 22, 1958
PTL. CAPT. F. O'BRIEN MAR. 15, 1970
LIEUT. T. LOUGHERY OCT 25, 1975
ROBERT BELYEA DEC 27, 1983
JOHN KOHLIER DEC. 27, 1933
TERRY A. GRAHAM JULY 2008