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A Part of the Community - Memorial Ceremony

The Brigade is involved with Community Ceremonies from time to time and one such occasion was at the Beaufort Bomber Memorial Ceremony held on the 27th May 2009. Brigade Members were part of the ceremony to honour the tragic death of four airman in April 1944. Their Beaufort Bomber was on a gunnery / bombing training flight when it crashed at what is now known as Springfield near the Greenbank army training facility.

Family members and descendents from the four families joined in the service which was organised by Delfin (Property Developer) and the Ipswich City Council. The service was attended by a number of dignitaries from the Ipswich City Council, Goodna and other RSL groups, RAAF Amberley, Ipswich Thistle Pipe Band (Piper), Salvation Army (Bugler), the Springfield College band, various schools, the Ripley Valley rural Fire Brigade and members of the community. School students planted trees to honour the crew individually.

The Brigade has had a significant involvement in the memorial being established. During a bushfire in the area in 2000, Brigade Members found the remains of the Beaufort Bomber wreck. After many meetings and taking people to the crash site, it was decided that the Goodna RSL (Vivienne Stanbury) and the Brigade would seek support to have a memorial established to honour these men. The memorial is at Grande Park, Grande Avenue (off the Springfield Greenbank Arterial).

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