| Roles held: | Captain 1949 – 1953 |
| 2nd Lieutenant 1953 – 1955 | |
| 3rd Lieutenant 1957– 1964 | |
| 2nd Lieutenant 1964 – 1967 | |
| President 1967 – 1969 |
Our picture (courtesy of the Flinders District Historical Society) shows Vi and Ted Horne. Laurie Horne (their eldest son) offered the following biography of Ted for the Shoreham CFA’s 50th Anniversary Booklet in 1999.
Ted (Edward) Horne along with his three elder brothers was reared at Shoreham by his unmarried uncle (Martin Higgins) and his two unmarried aunts (Sarah and Elizabeth) following the untimely death of his mother (née Bridget Higgins).
Whilst his three older brothers (Bill, Frank and Martin) went to school and later to work in Melbourne, Ted never left Shoreham, working on the farm and in the local area with his Uncle Martin.
Sport
Ted was always an active member of the sporting community, playing football with Red Hill, cricket with Balnarring and tennis with Shoreham in his younger years – and later on in life played golf at Flinders for many years, a club he captained and in time served as Chairman of for some time.
On one occasion he had the pleasure of playing football with his three brothers at Red Hill. His brother Frank was an excellent footballer having played football at Hawthorn when he was younger.
Community
Ted was educated at the Shoreham school and in his late twenties married Violet Gleghorn and had six children. Like most members of country communities in those days, Ted became a member of many of the committees of the time. These included the Progress Association, the Foreshore Committee, the Fire Brigade, the Parents Association of the Consolidated School at Red Hill and later the Rural Landholders Association.
CFA Involvement
It was no surprise to the family that he became the Captain of the Fire Brigade upon its formation in 1949.
I remember as a child being impressed with the robust rakes and the floggers on long poles that were issued at the time. These and the steel knapsacks were always kept in readiness in the garage during the fire season and were an essential part of the Fire Brigade’s equipment.
The most noticeable difference, to me, between then and now, was that every able-bodied person turned out in the early days of fire brigades, whereas these days there seems to be a turnout of only trained and qualified personnel.
I am not sure if the fire is put out any quicker.
Laurie Horne (eldest son 1999)
An extract from the Shoreham Rural Fire Brigade, 50th Anniversary Booklet (1999)
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