Funeral service for South Australian firefighter Peter Curtis

ABC NEWS (Australia)

South Australian firefighter Peter Curtis has been remembered for his courage and kindness in a funeral service in the state's mid north. The 65-year-old died while attending a scrub fire on the eyre peninsula last month.

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00:00A fitting place to farewell a friend, father and fellow firefighter, the Warabara Forest

00:08where Peter Curtis grew up, nurturing the land and those around him.

00:13Dad wasn't just a hard worker, he had thick skin but one of the softest hearts.

00:18Peter is survived by his wife Jackie, four children and six grandchildren.

00:23He was a beekeeper and a fruit grower who worked with the National Parks and Wildlife

00:28Service fire crew. On November 23, Peter died in the line of duty, attending a scrub fire

00:34at Pinkawillany Conservation Park on the Eyre Peninsula. A CFS investigation is examining

00:40the circumstances surrounding the incident, with SafeWorkSA inquiries continuing.

00:45A community now misses a quiet contributor, a native tree and a shrub planted and cared

00:52for without notice.

00:54Colleagues describing Peter as a bloody good bloke, who always put his hand up to help.

00:59He had an uncommon empathy to bring out the best in people, and he mentored young and old

01:05to do the right things, get things done and keep them safe.

01:10You're finished with the fire hose, hang up your helmet, put away your chainsaw, rest in peace.

01:17Saying goodbye to a hero who made the ultimate sacrifice.

01:22zan, if he was angry to him, he leaned over that leave a broken he humanos.

01:29Well it's just that you're going to do.

01:31Let me know what the people seeking the defender of andbes, like he cried and cried,

01:39I wanted to identify the enemy.

01:41But first of all we have children, I wanted to edge out the stable

01:46but we still think of this asą who she William said.

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