the following is a list of men who were recipients of the QUEENS FIRE SERVICE MEDAL for Distinguished Service

the names were taken from the site: The PRO PATRIA PROJECT


BARR Andrew, Volunteer Senior Station Officer

BICKNELL Garth Winston, Chief Fire Officer

BLEWETT David William, Chief Fire Officer

BRAITHWAITE Bernard Ralph, Senior Station Officer

BURTON-WOOD Peter Kenneth, Chief Fire Officer

BUSH Ronald Charles Sylvester, Deputy Chief Fire Officer

CARN-BENNETT James Edward, Chief Fire Officer

CHAPMAN Alan Ewart, Senior Fire Safety Officer

CLARKSON William, Fire Force Commander

CORNES Clement Augustus, Chief Fire Officer

DALTON John Edward, Chief Fire Officer

DAVIDSON Robert Allan, Chief Fire Officer

DOUCHE Philip Hori, Fire Force Commander

DRUMMOND Gordon, Chief Fire Service Officer

EASTON Arthur James, Chief Fire Officer

EVANS, Emrys Griffith, Chief Fire Officer (Area Commander)

FLANAGAN Colin James, Divisional Officer

GIRLING-BUTCHER William, Chief Fire Control Officer
- Bill is still considered to be the 'father' of NZFS fire control by most people. Following war service, Bill joined NZFS, and eventually became D.R. Kaikohe. He later moved to Kaingaroa as Fire Control Officer (FCO)

GLEN Noel Cecil, Divisional Officer

HABIB Peter, Fireman

HALLETT Donald Leslie, Chief Fire Officer

HARDY Frank Albert, Chief Fire Officer

HARRISON William John, Senior Station Officer

HEAVEN George Raymond, Chief Fire Officer

HENDERSON William James, Fire Commissioner

HIDE Sidney Raymond, Senior Station Officer (Officer in charge)

HOOKER Howard Leonard, Deputy Chief Fire Officer

HOUSTON Leslie George, Volunteer.Station Officer

HOWEY Graham Charles, Chief Fire Officer

IRVINE Samuel Brown, Chief Executive (Technical)

LUCKIE Thomas Richard, Chief Fire Officer

MAcGREGOR George Mortimer, Foreman

MANNING Walter Jacob, Chief Fire Officer

MASON Andrew Russell, Station Officer

McMILLAN Randolph William, Chief Fire Officer

MORRIS Eric Merriman, Chief Fire Officer

OLIVER Hector Vincent Sylvester, Chief Fire Officer

O'MALLEY Phillip Ernest, Chief Fire Officer

PLUMMER Arthur William James, District Officer

QUINLAN Elvyn Francis, Secretary

ROBERTSON Desmond Maurice, Chief Fire Officer

SAUNDERS Edwin Wallace, Chief Fire Officer

SKIPAGE Robert Stanley, Chief Fire Officer

STEPHENS Geoffrey Cyril, Chief Fire Officer

STRINGER Frederick William, Station Officer

THOMPSON George Joseph, Third Officer

THOMPSON Peter Henry, Chief Fire Officer

TRASS Lumsden Vickers, Chief Fire Officer

WALKER Ian James, Chief Fire Officer

WALLIS Bruce McKenzie, Chief Fire Officer

WESLEY Ivor Charles, Chief Fire Officer

WHITE Albert William, Station Officer (Volunteer)

WILSON Lloyd Foster, Chief Fire Officer

WISHART Charles George, Chief Fire Officer