Talking about ... Ambulance Services

When: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 - 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Where: Online Event

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Talking about ... Ambulance Services

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We hope we never need an ambulance, but we are glad those services have been there for our families and our ancestors.

How have ambulance services touched your lives, and your ancestors' lives, both now and in the past?

First responders have a long history, be it with Queensland's Ambulance Transport Brigade, St John Ambulance Association, RFDS or Australian Field Ambulance military units, and be it by horse-drawn vehicle in the past or helicopter today.

Your or your ancestor's connection may be glancing - a mention in a newspaper of attendance at a broken arm or sitting on an advisory committee or fund-raising committee. Perhaps there was a life and death situation. Perhaps your ancestor was a trained professional - bearer, officer, superintendent, paramedic or doctor. What about the differences between rural and urban services?

If you would like to share your own experience, or your family history discovery, ask a question or simply catch up with other family historians for a chat, come along to this session.

Facilitator: Nancy Edwards from the Queensland Family History Society Inc.

Please note. This event does not have a presenter.

Social connection and learning will be promoted by a facilitator providing discussion opportunities for the participants, through prompts, conversation and chat messages.

In some instances there may be a list of resources and the 'chat' emailed to participants after the event. The event will not be recorded.

As these sessions have a limited number of tickets to ensure everyone gets their chance to participate in the discussion, if you are booked and realise you are now unable to attend, please advise us so we can reallocate your ticket to someone on the waitlist.

This event will be held at 10:00 am Queensland, Australia time (AEST, no daylight saving)