St John Ambulance applauds dedicated volunteers
Volunteers from across the State were presented with service honours at a St John Ambulance Western Australia event held in Perth on Friday, 22 August.
More than 40 volunteers received bars or service medals for their volunteering, with seven of these volunteers from the metropolitan Event Health Services (EHS) area and 40 from the country ambulance service.
St John Chief Executive Officer Tony Ahern said volunteers were a vital component of St John.
“We receive tremendous support from more than 4,500 volunteers who donate more than 3.5 million hours to the community every year under the St John banner,” Mr Ahern said.
“These awards serve to thank and acknowledge the people who give up their time and energy in service to the community.”
St John covers the largest area of any single ambulance service in the world. This is done through more than 100 country sub centres which are staffed entirely by volunteer ambulance officers and 15 country sub centres with a mix of volunteer and career ambulance officers.
Event Health Services provides first aid support at more than 2,100 events annually. These include the Perth Royal Show, Skyworks and Leavers celebrations.
Complete list of recipients:
Peter Jenkin, Second Bar, Beverley Sub Centre
John Lane, Service Medal and First Bar, Beverley Sub Centre
Jenny Rayner, Second Bar, Beverley Sub Centre
Lynne Schreurs, Service Medal, Boyup Brook Sub Centre
Jessica Jones, Service Medal, Bridgetown Sub Centre
Terry Lamey, First Bar, Bridgetown Sub Centre
Jana Mayhew, Second Bar, Bridgetown Sub Centre
Lisa Chrystal, First Bar, Broome Sub Centre
Margaret Haddon, First Bar, Busselton Sub Centre
John Martin, First and Second Bar, Busselton Sub Centre
Patricia Elliot, First Bar, Chittering-Gingin Sub Centre
Murray Hyne, Second Bar, Chittering-Gingin Sub Centre
Carol Gale, First Bar, Collie Sub Centre
Jeffrey Rowland, First Bar, Collie Sub Centre
David Saunders, Sixth Bar, Collie Sub Centre
Robyn Murray, Service Medal, Dawesville Sub Centre
Brendan Sinclair, Fifth Bar, EHS Training division
Liz Bott, Service Medal and First Bar, Esperance Sub Centre
Frank Murray, Seventh Bar, Esperance Sub Centre
Brian Hampson, Sixth Bar, Esperance Sub Centre
Michael Robertson, Third Bar, Esperance Sub Centre
Wendy Robertson, Second Bar, Esperance Sub Centre
Anthony Rose, Service Medal, Esperance Sub Centre
Peter Pendlebury, Service Medal, Jurien Bay Sub Centre
Oliver Farrelly, Second Bar, Lake Grace Sub Centre
Terrence Gladish, Third Bar, Lake Grace Sub Centre
John Ree, Laurel Leaf, Mandurah EHS division
Darrell Church, Third Bar, Manjimup Sub Centre
Rex Dyer, Fifth Bar, Margaret River Sub Centre
Chris Solosy, Service Medal, Melville EHS division
Elsa Drage, Sixth Bar, Mt Barker Sub Centre
David Wright, Service Medal, Mt Barker Sub Centre
Richard Waldron, Service Medal and First Bar, North Midlands Sub Centre
Michael Ebsary, Service Medal, Pemberton Sub Centre
Mark Hudson, Service Medal, Pemberton Sub Centre
Ian Digweed, Fourth Bar, Pinjarra Sub Centre
Clive Stone, Service Medal, First, Second and Third Bar, Quairading Sub Centre
Thomas Walker, Third Bar, Ravensthorpe Sub Centre
Don Atkins, First Bar, Rockingham EHS division
Mark Felstead, Second Bar, Rockingham EHS division
Jacqueline Mazza, Service Medal, Rockingham EHS division
Patricia Jackson, Service Medal, Victoria Park EHS division
Judith Tyler, Sixth Bar, Victoria Park EHS division
Corinne Shields, First Bar, Woodridge Sub Centre
Dave Stroud, First Bar, Woodridge Sub Centre
Kevin Jones, Fourth Bar, Wyalkatchem Sub Centre
Sheryl Wood, Second Bar, Wyalkatchem Sub Centre
Important information
- Service Medals are granted after 12 years of service
- Bars are granted for every five years of service thereafter
- The Laurel Leaf is equivalent to an eighth bar and is granted after 52 years of service