Queensland Railways Ambulance Corps- Long Service Certificate

Production date
1993
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Object detail

Description
A framed and glazed certificate with printed text.
Classification
DOCUMENTS Certificates certificate of appreciation
Production date
1993
Measurements
W34cm x L44.5cm x H3cm
Media/Materials description
Paper, timber, glass
Signature/Marks
Queensland Railways Ambulance Corps/ Long Service Membership/This is certify that Donald Leslie Lobwein / having qualified, by Examinations, and untiring efforts during the past eleven years, to advance the principles and practice of “First Aid” has been considered by the committee of the above Corps as worthy of being enrolled on the records as a Life Member, and awarded this Long Service Certificate, as a mark of appreciation of such services/[signature?] Chief Executive/ [signature?] Chairmen of Committee/ [signature?] Member of Committee/ [signature?] Secretary of Committee/ QUEENSLAND RAILWAY AMBULANCE/ Brisbane, April 1993/ Registered No. 912
History and use
This object is a long service certificate awarded to Donald Leslie Lobwein from the Queensland Railway Ambulance Corps. The certificate represented an acknowledgement of the untiring efforts of an employee over the course of eleven years in the practise and principles of ‘First Aid’. Members of the Queensland Railway Ambulance Corps who were recognised with this achievement were also enrolled as a ‘Life Member’ of the organisation.

This tradition began in 1920 when a recommendation was forwarded to the Commissioner for Railways. It was proposed that the committee of Queensland Railways Ambulance Corps should issue a framed Long Service and Life Membership certificate to those who, in their opinion, merited such an honour after at least eleven years of service.

This item demonstrates the practice of acknowledging service in the Queensland Railway Ambulance Corp, and the emphasis placed on the Corp as part of Queensland Railway’s operation, which began in 1892.
Associated person
Registration number
R6798

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