#ThrowbackThursday this week explains how Warwick Ambulance Station came to be! …

#ThrowbackThursday this week explains how Warwick Ambulance Station came to be!

A number of serious accidents within a few days of each other towards the end of the 1890s aroused Warwick residents to appeal for a volunteer first aid corps, the members being prepared to provide services when required. In February 1900, a provisional committee asked the secretary of the Warwick Technical College (Mr W Stockwell) to apply to the City Ambulance and Transport Brigade (CATB), Brisbane for a copy of its rules and regulations and to inquire if the proposed Warwick Corps would be able to affiliate with the Brisbane brigade. In due course a copy of the rules was received, together with advice that the… More