00:00Memories of a life dedicated to community.
00:06This is my favourite because it's Mum when she was 17 and when she first met Dad.
00:10Roslyn Jones and her husband Bruce were volunteer paramedics in the Top End community of Batchelor,
00:16always ready to pick up the phone if someone was hurt.
00:19Mum was on call 24-7 from 1978 till the late or early 90s.
00:28She would only take time off for family or health.
00:32Roslyn passed away last year and today was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for 45 years of community service.
00:40Her motivation was love and the betterment of others.
00:43She served her community and that was her gift but it was also her purpose.
00:53While Tracey's mother was attending to emergencies across the Top End,
00:57Angelina Butler was a young woman in Brisbane, spurred to action after a car crash in her neighbourhood.
01:03This person was there to try to minister first aid and he says, yelling up to everyone,
01:09does anyone know first aid to help me? Not a soul came forward.
01:14The 62-year-old today recognised for four decades of volunteering.
01:19I like to do the BMXs, this is before I became ill.
01:23And I love to talk to the kids and how was your ride and do you think you can do better?
01:29And then when they got off their bikes and I'll fix them up and next week they say, hi, hi first aid lady.
01:36The Northern Territory's quiet achievers acknowledged for their service.
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