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On St. Florian’s Day Tuesday 4 May 2021 around 100 Firefighters and invited guests joined the Greenman family members at the West Terrace Cemetery to pay dedication to Albert Greenman who was tragically killed in the City of Singapore ship fire and lay in an unmarked grave since MFS 1924. The Greenman family present included current serving MFS Senior Firefighter Ray Hawke and his niece Firefighter Alisa Enting-Hawke. Invited guests included Emergency Services Minister Vincent Tarzia, MFS Chief Officer Michael Morgan, CFS Chief Officer Mark Jones, SES Chief Officer Chris Beatie, Dr. David Sweet Adelaide University, Adelaide Cemeteries Authority Mr Robert Pitt, Brigadier Graham Goodwin (Senior Military Representative), Army Bugler representatives from Adelaide High School, Cheryl Cates State president RSL SA, also senior representatives from SAPOL, the UFU, the APFF, Lord Mayor of Adelaide, Mayor of Port Adelaide & Enfield Council and the Shadow Minister for Emergency Services.
Recognition must go to Dr. David Sweet for bringing to the attention of the Fire Service Fund and his consequential research about the unmarked grave of FF Albert Greenman. A special acknowledgement must go to the Fire Service Fund committee especially Fiona Ward, Noel Johnson and Commander Peter Reynolds for all the work they did towards the event. A special mention must also be made of ACO Peter Button as Master of Ceremonies, SF Simon Johnson as MFS Chaplin for the service, SF Colin Heinjus for singing the National Anthem and the on duty MFS staff who made up the Honour Guard.
Other guests included current serving Firefighters, retired Firefighters, Credit Union Staff, APFF personnel, Restorers of the 1924 Garford, MFS Senior Staff, Fire Service Fund Committee, President of the SAFSRA, Uni SA staff, RSL and military representatives.
Clyde Buttery‘s post: “What a fantastic day. St Florian’s Day. Today the Fire Service outdid itself with the funeral service for Albert Greenman. From the Chief, to the Minister, the Fire Service Fund, Credit Union and just about everybody else of importance in S.A., we gathered to finally ‘bury’ Albert Greenman, 98 years after he was killed whilst serving. Special mentions for David Sweet, who found the unmarked grave, and decided to devote himself to rectifying this anomoly of no marker, and Trevor Ward, the Energiser Rabbit, who runs around making sure that retirees and/or their families are looked after, who decided to get involved, and stirred up management and the Fire Service Fund. Some family members of the firies who fought the *’City of Singapore’* fire, met for the first time and exchanged memories of their loved ones. All in all, a day to remember.”
