Coleraine ambulance branch celebrates 60 years

ON Friday, the Coleraine ambulance branch celebrated six decades of local medical emergency care. Pictured are (from left) ambulance community officer (ACO) Lorrae Clarke, ACO Tamara Pevitt, former ACO Barbara Waldron-Hunter, Southern Grampians paramedic community support coordinator Jim Falla, Addie Van Wegan, Henk Van Wegan, Gwen Muir, and ACO Kerrie Jones. Photo: SUPPLIED.

By Admin

November 23, 2023 | 7:00 AM

LAST week Ambulance Victoria’s (AV) Coleraine branch celebrated 60 years of operation.

Ambulance community officer (ACO), Kerrie Jones, said that while the branch was established in 1963, the push for a dedicated ambulance branch started long before - in the 1930s.