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Lifetime ambulance volunteer earns OAM

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This year Murray Bridge resident David Heard clocked up 80 years of involvement with St John Ambulance, and fittingly has been bestowed a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM).

Mr Heard’s involvement has seen him rise from a 12-year-old cadet to being anointed Knight of Grace in 1993, along with being awarded the Order of St John medal in 1958 and 10 bars since.

Along with being an active volu...


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