Physical description

The Williamstown Volunteer Fire Brigade which was inaugurated on the 28th February 1851.
This presentation photo collage was produced in 1887 by the members of the Williamstown Volunteer Fire Brigade to honor their leader, Superintendent Lawrence Worthington (shown in the large center oval), as a farewell gift before his departure for England in 1887. Lawrence Worthington served as a Captain of the Williamstown Volunteer Fire Brigade before being elevated to the higher rank of Superintendent. The composite image features individual oval portraits of the brigade's active volunteer members at that time, framed around a central image of their manual hose reel cart.

Names of Fireman shown include: Dandie, Pitt, Wilson, Mould, Bennett, Hall, Sheldrick, Johnstone, T. Worthington, L. Worthington, A. Knowles, J.E. Murdoch, Elsum, Lester, Lieutenant N.R. Wilson, J. Johnstone, Wallace